Right Answers to Sea Turtles

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Right Answer to Sea Turtles

1.Which sea turtle species dives the deepest, travels the farthest and grows the largest?

loggerhead

leatherback turtle

green sea turtle

2.Almost all sea turtles are found in these regions of the world....

tropical & sub tropical waters

temperate & arctic waters

temperate & tropical waters.

3.While a female sea turtle is nesting, she appears to shed tears, but the turtle is really,……….

secreting extra salt from her body

secreting sweat from her body

secreting extra water from her body

4.Olive Ridley sea turtles eat………….

crabs & clams

fish & squid

all of the above

5.Olive Ridley turtles………..

nest two times each season

eggs incubate in 55 days

Both statements are true

6.Which of the following is not a human caused threat to sea turtle survival?

coastal armoring

beach front lighting

ghost crab predation

7.Leatherbacks nest in …….

Western coast of mainland India

Eastern coast of mainland India

Srilanka & Andamans & Nicobar

8.The only sea turtle that is strictly herbivorous as an adult

Loggerhead

Green sea turtle

Kemp`s ridley

9.This turtle feed almost exclusively on jellyfish and cannot distinguish between plastic bags and jelly fish

leatherback

flatback

Hawks bill

10.This turtle is primarily found in the open ocean as far north as Alaska. The only reptile known to remain active at temperatures below 40 degree F

hawks bill

flatback

leatherback

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Right Answers to Sea Turtles