Main Idea & Details
What is the main idea of the passage?
Sea turtles face dangers, but people are helping protect them
Migration means…
Traveling a long distance
What are flippers used for?
What happens first: eggs hatch or turtles lay eggs?
Turtles lay eggs
What does journey mean?
A trip
Where do sea turtles live most of their lives?
In the ocean
Predators are…
Animals that hunt other animals
What does colony mean?
A group living together
What happens after the eggs hatch?
Baby turtles go to the ocean.
What does dangerous mean?
Not safe
Why do female sea turtles go onto land?
To lay their eggs
Hatchlings are…
Baby turtles
What does trap mean in the fishing net sentence?
To catch or hold so it cannot escape
What happens before hatchlings reach the ocean?
They come out of the sand
What does reduce mean?
To make less
What do baby turtles do after they hatch?
They move toward the ocean
Pollution means…
Harmful or dirty materials in the environment
What does survive mean?
To stay alive
What happens last in the turtle life cycle (in this passage)?
People help protect them
What does efforts mean?
Hard work to do something
Name one danger sea turtles face in the ocean.
Pollution / plastic / fishing nets
What does emerge mean in the story?
To come out
What does protect mean?
To keep safe
Put these in order: hatch → lay eggs → reach ocean
Lay eggs → hatch → reach ocean
What does life cycle mean?
The stages of life from beginning to end