Green sea turtle: Wild-Life Detective

Question 1 · multiple choice

A young wildlife researcher wants to observe a Green sea turtle in the wild. Which location is the best match?

woodlands, farms, grasslands, deserts, and cities high grasslands and mountain plateaus under human care tropical and subtropical seas, seagrass beds, and nesting beaches mangroves, estuaries, and lowland streams

Question 2 · multiple choice

A keeper is designing a natural feeding puzzle for a Green sea turtle. Which menu best matches its wild diet?

insects and other spiders bamboo leaves plus fruit, eggs, insects, and small animals deer, peccaries, capybaras, reptiles, fish, and other prey adults mainly graze seagrasses and algae

Question 3 · multiple choice

A field team plans its watch around the normal routine of a Green sea turtle. Which timing is most sensible?

forages by day or night and migrates over long distances usually feeds around dusk, night, and dawn active by day feeding and migration activity varies with season and river flow

Question 4 · multiple choice

[Image needed: a clear, unlabeled side-view photograph of a Green sea turtle moving naturally in its wild habitat, with its whole body visible and no captions.] Which movement description is accurate for a Green sea turtle?

paddles with webbed front feet and steers with hind feet and tail flies through water using broad front flippers climbs trunks with two toes forward, two backward, and a stiff tail brace swims upstream using bursts, leaps, and precise current reading

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which feature-and-function explanation best describes a useful adaptation of a Green sea turtle?

comb-like bill structures filter food while the head is held upside down wide mouth and filter pads separate tiny prey from huge volumes of water salt glands near the eyes remove excess salt from seawater uses the sun, moon, and polarised sky light to travel in a straight line

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which description correctly explains how a Green sea turtle begins or cares for the next generation?

eggs develop inside a water-filled burrow chamber the queen lays eggs and workers feed larvae different diets a foal can stand and follow its mother soon after birth females crawl ashore to bury clutches of eggs in warm sand

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which social pattern best describes how a Green sea turtle interacts with others of its kind?

mostly solitary at sea but gathers at feeding or nesting areas fission-fusion communities split into changing smaller parties mostly solitary outside mothers with young mostly solitary and strongly territorial around rich flower patches

Question 8 · multiple choice

What useful role does a Green sea turtle play in its ecosystem?

controls many small insects grazing keeps seagrass beds productive and nutrient-rich influences bamboo growth and disperses seeds from eaten fruit regulates many prey species as a top predator

Question 9 · multiple choice

A predator approaches a Green sea turtle. Which response is the most realistic?

uses speed, zigzagging, dens, and a strong musky scent spits mainly during disputes and gives alarm calls at threats uses a hard shell and powerful swimming to escape threats dives quickly and uses sharp dorsal spines if swallowed

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A green sea turtle the temperature of the nest influences whether hatchlings develop as males or females.

True False