Sea Turtle Facts
These plates of keratin are found on a sea turtle's shell.
What are scutes?
The most distinquishing feature of a sea snake is its ___________________.
What is paddle-shaped tail?
Baby frogs are called _____________
What are tadpoles?
This is the largest sea turtle species and it can swim the farthest and dive the deepest.
What is a leatherback?
Animals that have a backbone are called ___________.
What are vertebrates?
When a mother sea turtle is ready to lay her eggs, she always returns here.
What is the beach where she was born/hatched?
Sea snakes can stay underwater for up to 2 hours because this is as long as its body.
What are lungs?
The eggs of an amphibian would be described as
What is jelly-like (moist)?
The green sea turtle is named for the color of its _____
What is body fat?
Reptiles and amphibians are ectothermic animals which means that they are _____________________.
What is cold-blooded?
The upper dome of a turtle's shell is called the ___________.
What is carapace?
Sea snakes are not found in this ocean.
What is the Atlantic?
Baby surinam toads or pipa pipas actually hatch from this location.
What is their mother's back?
This sea turtle species is the most common in SC and is known for its large, block-like head.
What is a loggerhead?
The study of reptiles and amphibians is called
Sea turtle mothers lay hundreds of eggs in nests at night that are beyond this point on the beach.
What is beyond the high tide mark?
This medication that stops the snake venom from working is called the _______________.
What is antivenin or antivenom?
When animals go through changes to become an adult, we call this transformation process ________________.
What is metamorphosis?
The shell of this critically endangered sea turtle species is used to make tortoiseshell jewelry.
What is Hawksbill?
The scientific name for animals that lay eggs is _______________.
What is oviparous?
Whether a baby sea turtle will be a boy or a girl is determined by this.
What is the temperature of the sand? (Males = cooler sand; females = warmer sand)
The reason why sea snakes are helpless on land.
What is they have no scutes on their belly?
Mudpuppy and waterdogs rely on their red, feathery _______________ for oxygen.
What are external gills?
This sea turtle species is one of the smallest and most of its nests are located in Rancho Nuevo, Mexico.
What is the Kemp's Ridley?
Unlike mammals which hibernate, herps go into a state of "slow-motion" called ____________.
What is brumation?