Sea Turtles

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

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

• Loggerhead sea turtle

• Zooplankton

• Clams

• Phytoplankton

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

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

What do the arrows in a food web represent?

• they show who eats who

• they show the direction the organisms swim in the sea

• they show the direction that energy moves

Inherited trait

• something that is bought and then returned

• a physical characteristic passed through DNA or an instinct an animal is born knowing how to do

• something an animal has to learn from other animals

What is the largest known Sea Turtle subspecies?

• Green Sea Turtle

• Loggerhead Sea Turtle

• Leatherback Sea Turtle

• Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What do turtles mistake floating plastic for?

• Plants

• Predators

• Food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Loggerhead Sea Turtles breathe air into their

• gills

• stomachs

• lungs

• shells

Loggerheads make their nests on

• coral reefs

• rocky shores

• warm beaches

• the sea floor