Answers to Activities

Activity 1: What kind of Turtle Is It?

Turtle “A” is a green turtle
Turtle “B” is a hawksbill turtle
Turtle “C” is leatherback turtle
Activity 8: Turtle Quiz

Answers

1. Leatherback, Green, Hawksbill, Olive Ridley, Loggerhead and Flatback.
2. Jellyfish.
3. Sea gras s.
4. Soft coral, sponges, octopus and squid.
5. In 10 days.
6. Meat, shell, oil.
7. Harvesting of eggs and killing of female adult turtles.
8. Harvesting of eggs, turtle by-catch and destruction of habitat.
9. Usually, she lays between 80 and 1 0.
10. Department of Forestry, Environment and Conservation.
11. It is illegal to kill turtles during the nesting season.
12 . Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species – it prohibits the trade in
endangered species and their parts.

Activity 13: Turtle Word Search

Did you know that…
P l a s t i c b a g s a t s e a c a n k i l l l e a t h e r b a c k s ?

Activity 14: Turtle Crossword Puzzle

Clues Across:

1. Solomon
2. overharvesting
3. green
4. eat
5. plastic
6. humans
7. bycatch
8. beach
9. sand
10. blacksand
11. reptiles
12 . clutch
13 . extinct

Clues Down:

1. migration
2. night
3. conservation
4. females
5. critically endangered
6. hightides
7. eggs
8. leatherback
9. temperature
10. two
11. flippers
12 . threat
13 . decline