Green Sea Turtles Quiz

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

• Both go through metamorphosis.

• Both lay eggs.

• Both learn to fly as juveniles.

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

• Zooplankton

• Clam

• 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 describes 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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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

an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make its food

• Consumer

• Producer

• instinct

• structure

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a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

• Consumer

• Producer

• instinct

• structure

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a set of interconnected food chains

• Consumer

• Producer

• instinct

• food web

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an organism that must eat to get energy

• Consumer

• structure

• instinct

• food web

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a behavior that is inherited

• Consumer

• structure

• instinct

• food web