Inside the World of the Leatherback sea turtle

Question 1 · multiple choice

Which field camp would place a researcher closest to the natural home of a Leatherback sea turtle?

rivers, lakes, marshes, and coastal waterways Arctic tundra and northern boreal forest tropical mudflats, mangroves, and tidal creeks open oceans from tropics into surprisingly cold waters

Question 2 · multiple choice

Which food tray most closely copies what a Leatherback sea turtle normally finds in nature?

mainly jellyfish and other soft drifting animals flying insects trapped in an orb web mainly seals reached from sea ice wild sheep, goats, marmots, pikas, and birds

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which activity schedule best describes a Leatherback sea turtle?

activity shifts with temperature and may be day or night travels and feeds across day and night during vast migrations hunts mainly from dusk through night often hunts at night and shelters by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

A Leatherback sea turtle must travel through its habitat. Which movement strategy does it actually use?

walks with outward-facing feet and digs rapidly flies slowly and silently before dropping onto prey swims continuously with long front flippers crawls with arms, jets water through a siphon, and swims briefly

Question 5 · multiple choice

A Leatherback sea turtle succeeds in its habitat partly because of which adaptation?

an expandable throat pouch scoops fish but does not store them long term the broad head spreads electrical sensors and improves turning control separate chemicals mix in a reinforced chamber only when defence is triggered a flexible leathery shell and heat-saving circulation allow deep cold dives

Question 6 · multiple choice

A wildlife nursery prepares for a young Leatherback sea turtle. Which developmental fact should guide the team?

females lay several clutches on tropical beaches during a season many species release eggs into open water with little care a queen starts a nest using a small piece of fungus carried from her birth colony cubs are born hidden and later introduced gradually to the pride

Question 7 · multiple choice

A group-behaviour study follows a Leatherback sea turtle. Which result should the team expect?

adult females are mostly solitary but maintain overlapping ranges mostly solitary outside breeding gatherings mostly solitary and follows scent trails while foraging pairs cooperate closely and may gather at fruiting trees

Question 8 · multiple choice

If Leatherback sea turtle numbers fell sharply, which ecosystem service could be affected?

controls flying insects and feeds birds and wasps transfers marine nutrients onto land through remains and waste controls jellyfish and transports nutrients across ocean basins helps keep mountain herbivore populations balanced

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which defence strategy is actually used by a Leatherback sea turtle?

escapes through water, twists quickly, and can bite if trapped herds bunch together while antlers and hooves deter attackers dives into a burrow or water and raises fins in threat displays dives deeply and relies on size and speed rather than a hard shell

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A leatherback sea turtle colour change communicates mood and controls temperature more often than matching any background perfectly.

True False