Sea Turtles
What is the largest type of sea turtle?
The leatherback sea turtle.
While marine reptile lives in coral reefs?
Sea Snakes
Polar bears primary food source are:
Seals
What allows pinnipeds like seals, sea lions, and walruses to stay warm?
Blubber
Staying warm is required in marine environments. Which group of animals uses blubber to stay warm?
Pinnipeds
Name two threats or dangers that sea turtles face today? (It does not have to be ones we talked about.)
Plastic pollution, climate change, hunting for meat or shells, fishing gear entanglement, natural predation from other animals, etc
What is the most abundant of the marine reptiles?
Sea Snakes
While animal calls the jellyfish one of their favorite food groups?
Sea Turtles
What is the largest animal of the pinnipeds?
Walrus
Some animals evolve over thousands and sometimes millions of years. What is the manatee's land relative?
The elephant.
What determines whether a sea turtle will be a male or a female?
The temperature of the nest.
Which reptile needs to bask in the sun in order to reach their ideal body temperature?
Marine Iguana
What mammal of the sea is a vegetarian?
The manatee
What is a unique characteristic of sea lions?
They have external ears.
Which animals teeth allow them to tear through the sea urchin's hard outer casing and unique use of rock tools helps them split clams and mussels?
Sea Otter
What is a large group of sea turtle egg deposits called?
A clutch.
How do crocodiles dispose of salt in their bodies?
They excrete salt through salt glands.
In order to feed on seals, polar bears use different hunting techniques. What is their main method called?
Still-hunting
Seals cannot move __________ forward.
their rear flippers
What mineral inside sea turtles allows them to orient themselves to Earth's poles and helps them get back to the beaches where they hatched?
Magnetite