Identification keys - Quiz 1
 

A quiz to identify Sea Turtles shown on postage stamps using the Graphic and Scientific keys.


This questionnaire can be answered directly from this page and then e-mailed to MEDASSET or can be printed and sent by snail mail.

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.


ball point 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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ball point 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 -


ball point Question C: This is a top view of a sea turtle that lives in northern Australia? give its common name:

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ball point 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 -


ball point 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 -


ball point 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


ball point 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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ball point Question H: This turtle weighs about 45 kg and has a shell length of 70cm. What is its common name?

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ball point Question I: This turtle weighs about 45 kg and has a shell length of 70cm. What is its common name?

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ball point 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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Common species name -

Adult shell length (cm) -

cm


ball point 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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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!


redpoint Acknowledgments:

Diagrams for questions A,C,G H and I by kind permission of FAO - Species Catalogue - Vol.11, Sea Turtles of the World.