Sea Turtles Assessment

Structure

• a set of interconnected food chains

• a behavior this is inherited

• an organism that must eat to get energy

• a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

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Food Web

• an organism that must eat to get energy

• a behavior that is inherited

• an organism that uses energy from the sun to make its food

• a set of interconnected food chains

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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Instinct

• a behavior that is not learned but an animal is born knowing how to do

• a set of interconnected food chains

• a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

• something that has a bad smell

Producer

• a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

• an organism that uses energy from the sun to make its food

• an organism that must eat to get energy

• a behavior that is inherited

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumer

• a behavior that is inherited

• an organism that must eat to get energy

• an organism that uses energy from the sun to make its food

• a set of interconnected food chains

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How is the life cycle of a sea turtle similar to that of a bird?

• both go through metamorphosis

• both lay eggs

• both can fly

• both have parents that care for their young

What is the function of a green sea turtle's serrated jaw?

• the blade-like jaw helps a green sea turtle rip into a fish's flesh

• the blade-like jaw helps steer a green sea turtle through the water

• the blade-like jaw helps protect a green sea turtle's internal organs

• the blade-like jaw helps a green sea turtle tear vegetation for food

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A basic food web is shown. Which of the organisms in this food web is a producer?

• Loggerhead sea turtle

• Zooplankton

• Clams

• Phytoplankton

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Some facts about sea turtles are listed below:

Fact 1: Sea turtles have four flippers.

Fact 2: Sea turtles return to the beaches where they hatched to reproduce.

Fact 3: Sea turtle bodies are covered with an upper and lower shell.

Which of the facts describe an inherited physical characteristic of a sea turtle?

• Fact 1 only

• Fact 2 only

• Facts 1 and 3 only

• Facts 1,2 and 3

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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Loggerhead sea turtles primarily eat animals with hard shells such as horseshoe crabs and clams. Which of the following structures best helps loggerhead sea turtles consume its prey?

• strong, powerful jaws

• heart-shaped shells

• powerful hind (back) flippers

• large size