Identification
Quiz 1
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The
Identification Quiz
You
may find it easier to print off a hard copy of this quiz
and have it on the table with you when you use the computer
key: some computers allow for this quiz form and the key
to be in view at the same time, which would be an even better
combination as you will gain the benefit of colour.
Question A: This is a view of a sea turtle from the top -
what species is it? give its common name:
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your answer in the box below
Question B: This is a newly hatched baby sea turtle - what
species is it? give its common and scientific (latin) name:
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Common
name -
Latin name -
Question C: This is a top view of a sea turtle that lives
in northern Australia? give its common name:
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Common
name -
Question D: This turtle is almost black, weighs 35 kgs and
has a shell length of about 80cm. Give its common and latin
name:
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Common
name -
Latin name -
Question E: These photographs were taken on the Greek island
of Zakynthos. What is the common name for this species of
sea turtle?
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Common
name -
Question F: This is the largest sea turtle. What is its common
name and how heavy can it get?
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Common
name -
Maximum weight in Kgs -
Kg
Question G: This sea turtle can be eaten (please DON'T) and
is farmed in the Caymen Islands. What is its common name?
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Common
name -
Question H: This turtle weighs about 45 kg and has a shell
length of 70cm. What is its common name?
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Common
name -
Question I: This turtle weighs about 45 kg and has a shell
length of 70cm. What is its common name?
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your answer in the box below
Common
name -
Question J: This poor young hatchling has been sitting in
a laboratory cupboard as a dried specimen for over 30 years.
What species is it? How big would its shell have been if it
had survived to be an adult?
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your answer in the box below
Common
species name -
Adult shell length (cm) -
cm
Question K: A newspaper article described the sighting of
a sea turtle near a Scottish island. Below is a copy of the
newspaper cutting:
"Tourists
on a pleasure cruise around the Scottish Island of Colonsay
sighted a very large sea turtle. They described it as having
'long ridges running down its back and it was a dark grey
colour with pale white spots'. It also had a jaw with a
'W' shaped beak. Local naturalists were surprised to see
the animal is such cold waters as sea turtles are normally
only associated with warm tropical seas."
What species of turtle was this? What is unique about this
sea turtle that allows it to enter colder seas (you may
have to search EuroTurtle more fully to answer this)?
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your answer in the boxes below
Common
species name -
How it can survive in cold water -
End
of quiz - We will send you your results as soon as we can
(Total 16 marks) - thankyou for your help and interest in
Sea Turtle Conservation
If you would like to know more, enter the EuroTurtle Web
site or email me.
WARNING, THIS WILL CLEAR ALL OF YOUR ENTRIES ABOVE!
Acknowledgments:
Diagrams for questions A,C,G H and I by kind permission
of FAO - Species Catalogue - Vol.11, Sea Turtles of the
World.