Turtle Bod
Types of Turtles
Feeding & Predators
Fun Facts
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100
The smooth underbelly of the sea turtle
What is the plastron
100
This turtle gets its name because of its exceptionally LARGE head
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
100
Adult green sea turtles are ____, meaning they eat vegetables.
Herbivores
100
How many different species of sea turtle are there?
7
100
The class of sea turtles.
Reptilia
200
The Green Sea Turtle's most powerful sense
Smell
200
This turtle species dives the deepest, travels the farthest, and grows the largest.
The Leatherback Sea Turtle
200
Baby hatchlings and eggs are prey to what animals?
Iguanas, fish, birds, etc
200
The amount of turtles that make it to adulthood.
10%
200
The most famous turtle movie.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
300
True or false:
Sea turtles cannot retract (or pull their head back) into their shells.
True! Sea turtles shells are a part of their body.
300
The smallest species of sea turtles.
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles
300
Adult green sea turtles love to eat this type of food.
Sea Grass
300
True or false:
Sea turtles lay up to 1000 eggs at a time.
False. They can lay up to 200 eggs at a time but only 1 in 1000 sea turtles survive to adulthood.
300
This body part grows with the turtle. It’s impossible for them to grow too big for it!
Its shell!
400
These help turtles steer their bodies through the ocean
Their BACK flippers! The front flippers help propel them forward!
400
This turtle use their beaks to help extract their favorite prey (sponges).
Hawksbill Turtles
400
Four foods turtles love to eat are.....
Jellyfish, mollusks, shrimp and squid
400
How long have sea turtles been around?
Over 100 million years!
(That's longer than the dinosaurs!)
400
The oldest turtle lived for ______________ years.
188 Years! (His name was Jonathan)
500
Makes up the outer layer of a turtle shell
What is keratin
500
This turtle is given its name because its shell is incredibly flat.
The Flatback Sea Turtle
500
The leatherback turtle's favorite food
Jellyfish
500
True or false:
Sea turtles have great vision both in water and air.
False:
Sea turtles have much better vision underwater than they do in the air. In the air, sea turtles are actually shortsighted!
500
This type of turtle is most common pet turtle.
Red-Eared Slider.