MARINE
REPTILES, BIRDS,
B 1. All land vertebrates have descended from:
a 2. Birds evolved from the:
d 3. Reptiles are:
c 4.
Sea turtles usually leave the water only to:
a 5.
Sea snakes are:
d 6.
Seabirds are:
c 7. Penguin eggs are laid in the:
b 8. The tubenoses' migration takes them from:
9. Why does the female turtle cover her eggs
after laying them?
10. What is thought to help marine turtles
navigate to their natal beaches?
11. The only time marine
turtles leave the sea is to
12. Which term refers to decreased heartbeat
during diving?
13. Where do sea snakes lay their eggs?
14. Where are the only marine lizards found?
15. Which bird has a large pouch on its beak and
forces water out after catching a fish?
16. Which bird steals food from other birds?
17. Which sea birds are
used by asian fishermen to catch fish?
18. Which sea bird harasses
other sea birds into regurgitating their food in order to eat it?
19. Which is NOT a characteristic of marine
birds?
20. What is the function of
salt glands?
21. Which sea turtle has a status of threatened
rather than endangered?
(a) Leatherback (b) Loggerhead (c) Green Turtle (d) Hawksbill
(e) Ridley
Choose from the above list
for the below habit of the turtles.
22. Coastal in mangrove habitats. Feeds on benthic animal matter
23. Warm-blooded.
No plates on shell but 7 ridges running lengthways.
24. Young more carnivorous than adults. Tropical and takes long ocean migrations.
25. Lives in shallow areas, rocky, coral reefs,
estuaries and lagoons--omnivorous. Amber
with red and yellow streaks.
26. What is the fat layer
found under the turtle shell called?
27. How many species of sea
turtles are there in the world?
28. What is the correct
name for the ventral shell of the sea turtle?
29. Where do sea turtles
lay their eggs?
30. Which one of these
contributes to the death of many sea turtles?
31. The biggest sea turtle
is the what?
32. What do you call a
group of eggs that sea turtles lay at one time?
33. In loggerhead turtles,
the incubation temperature helps determine the sex of the hatchlings. If the
temperature is about 28 degrees C, what are the hatchlings sex going to be?
34. What device is put on
the nets of shrimpers to help the seaturtle
escape from drowning?
35. The following must
return to land to breed:
T or F
36 Sea turtles must leave
the oceans to lay eggs.
37 Green sea turtles, when
ready to lay eggs, migrate to the nearest isolated sandy beach that they happen
to encounter.
38 Sea snakes also migrate
to sandy beaches to lay their eggs.
39 Marine iguanas can feed
in cold ocean water because they warm up by basking in the sun on rocks.
40 Seabirds are endotherms, while sea reptiles usually are ectotherms.
41 Female emperor penguins
keep their eggs warm with their feet and lower bodies.
42 Penguins fly clumsily
over the water then dive into and swim adeptly in the water to catch prey.
43 Penguins are found
mostly in the Antarctic and
44 Some seabirds migrate as
much as 16,000 km from one polar region to the other, and may never experience
a polar winter.
45 Pelicans force other
birds to regurgitate in mid-air and then catch this food in their beak pouches.
46 Seabird guano can be
used for useful human purposes.
47. Birds have no fat reserves because they feed constantly.
48 . The longest migration by a bird is 20,000
miles.
49 . Salt water crocodiles grow to lengths of 20
feet or more and have been known to eat people.