Test your knowledge of sea turtle issues! Note: This is NOT a graded test
- relax, have fun, and learn!
1. What is the shape of the carapace of the two Ridley sea turtles?
2. What is an arribada?
3. What do Leatherbacks like to eat?
4. What is the largest living
reptile known?
5. The eggs of turtles are used as a source of:
6. Which turtle may
weigh up to one ton?
7. What does T.E.D. stand for?
8. The adult Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle weighs up to:
9. The smallest endangered sea turtle is the:
10. What does the
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle baby like to eat?
11. Due to shrimping nets, how many Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles were
killed each year before the use of TEDS?
12. When a turtle swallows a plastic bag,
13. Where do turtles lay their eggs?
14. Olive Ridley's are a
15. The Olive Ridley
may be found nesting
16. What are the two types of green
turtles?
17. The loggerhead gets its name from
18. The shrimpers sometimes refuse to use TEDs because
19. The
flatback nests
20. Which
of these is a specific threat to the loggerhead?
21. What should people ask for in restaurants to
help save the sea turtles?
22. The hawksbill gets its name because
23. Shrimpers always use
TEDs properly.
24. The hawksbill is hunted by humans for its
unusual shell.
25. Turtle safe shrimp is not avalible to
purchase yet.
26. According to legend, a magical sea turtle
named Kauila protected the small children.
27. One third of
all the loggerhead turtles' nesting sites are in Florida.
28. The olive ridley is the most endangered of all the sea turtles.
29. The leatherback sea turtle is the largest reptile in the world.
30. Sea turtles have been on this Earth for millions of years
and need our help to stay here.
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