Definitions
Sea Turtles
Sea Snakes
100
Creeping, crawling creatures that move on their belly
What are herps?
100
This makes a turtle different from other reptiles
What is the shell?
100
This makes sea snakes different from other snakes
Spending all their time in the ocean - living, dying and having babies.
200
Creatures that lay eggs
What is oviparous?
200
What turtle shells are made of
What is karatin? (The same thing as fingernails)
200
How to tell a sea snake from a land snake that is swimming
What is a paddle-shaped tail?
300
Creatures that give birth to live young
What is viviparous?
300
The top of a turtle shell
What is a carapace?
300
Special scales that snakes have these so they can move on land. Sea snakes don't have these, so they can't move on land.
What are scutes?
400
Cold-blooded, getting it's body heat from the surroundings.
What is ectothermic
400
The scientific order that turtles are in
What is testudines?
400
The compartment in the mother where sea snakes carry their eggs
What is ovoduct?
500
A state similar to hibernation, but not in a deep sleep - just very slow to not use much energy.
What is brumation?
500
The plates covering a turtle shell
What are scutes?
500
A type of animal that lays eggs inside itself and then gives birth to living young (like sea snakes)
What is ovoviviparous?
M
e
n
u