Anatomy
Nesting
Species
Threats
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Carapace
Upper portion of
shell
Category 1
Question 1
Plastron
Lower portion of shell
Category 1
Question 2
Scutes
Sections of the shell are
called
Category 1
Question 3
Flippers
How are legs modified?
Category 1
Question 4
Salty tears, Beak with no teeth, Good water vision,
Smell in H2O, Hydrodynamic for swimming, Legs
to flippers, Dive deep, Store O2 in body, No
external ears.
Name several modifications
sea turtles have for marine
life
Category 1
Question 5
False crawl
Attempt to nest but return to
water
Category 2
Question 1
Natal
Females return to the beach
where they hatched to lay
their eggs. It is called?
Category 2
Question 2
Sandy, Isolated from predators, Shady, Tropical
Name several factors of a
good nesting beach.
Category 2
Question 3
Lost years
The time between hatching
and returning to nest
Category 2
Question 4
100 eggs, every 2 weeks, up to 2 months
Female Green Turtles lay
how many eggs? How
often? How long?
Category 2
Question 5
Hawksbill
Shell used for jewelry
Category 3
Question 1
Olive Ridley
Smallest turtle
Category 3
Question 2
Loggerhead
Large head, eats
invertebrates
Category 3
Question 3
Leatherback
Deepest diver, eats jellies
Category 3
Question 4
Green sea turtle
Herbivore as adult, eats
seagrass
Category 3
Question 5
Turtle Excluder Device
What does TED stand for?
Category 4
Question 1
Eggs and meat
Some people eat what two
parts of turtles?
Category 4
Question 2
Beach nourishment
People threaten turtles by
adding more sand to the
beach. This is called?
Category 4
Question 3
Coastal armoring
People threaten turtles by
adding levies,
embankments, and jetties.
This is called ?
Category 4
Question 4
Pollution, Fish/shrimp trawling, Plastic debris,
Artificial light-disorientation, Tumors
Name three threats to turtles
not mentioned
Category 4
Question 5