Hawksbill Sea Turtles: Critically Endangered

SEQUENCE: What do female sea turtles do immediately after they lay their eggs?

• They sit on their eggs.

• They abandon their eggs and return to the sea.

• They cover their eggs with sand.

• They start gathering food for the baby sea turtles to eat.

Match the following statements with their corresponding explanations about how red lights help sea turtles.

• Hatchlings follow a line of red lights from their nest to the beach.

• People set up red lights on the beach to help female sea turtles identify the safest place to build their nest.

• Red lights make the beach darker, helping hatchlings follow the moonlight to the sea.

• The red lights emit less visible light, which makes the beach darker. This allows the hatchlings to follow the moonlight to the sea like they are supposed to do.

• Red lights help female sea turtles find safe nesting spots.

• People set up the red lights in a line, and then the hatchlings follow the red lights from their nest to the beach.

FINDING DETAILS IN A TEXT: When is the most dangerous time of a hawksbill sea turtle's life?

• when the sea turtle eggs are buried in the sand

• when a female lays her eggs

• when a newly-hatched sea turtle enters the sea and must learn to swim

• when a newly-hatched sea turtle leaves its nest on the beach and travels to the sea

TEXT STRUCTURE: What is the text structure of the last two paragraphs?

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

PART OF SPEECH: What part of speech is “nest” in this sentence: One solution is to turn off the lights on beaches where sea turtles nest.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

CONTEXT CLUES: “Devour” means (a)   in this passage.

• when one animal helps another
• when an animal hatches from an egg
• when one animal eats another
• when a female animal builds a nest