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Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter - Reading Comprehension Quiz  

 

 

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1. During what month do the loggerheads start returning to the beach to lay eggs?
    December
    May
    October
 
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2. Which sea turtles crawl onto the beach?
    Males
    Females
    Both males and females
 
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3. What can startle her and make her go back to the ocean without laying her eggs?
    Humans or animals
    Lights
    All of the above
 
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4. Where does she lay her eggs?
    She drops them on the beach
    She lays them in the water
    She digs a nest to lay them in the sand
 
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5. How do people know if a turtle has been on the beach?
    They see the turtle
    They see the turtle tracks
    They don't know
 
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6. What do the turtle team people do if the nest is below the high tide line ?
    Nothing
    They are trained to carefully move the nest
    They dig the eggs up and leave them for the raccoons
 
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7. The nest looks like
    A big, round ball
    An upside down light bulb
    A long, narrow tube
 
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8. How long do the eggs incubate?
    Nine months
    55 to 65 days
    Two weeks
 
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9. What is the first sign that a nest is getting ready to hatch?
    The hatchlings run across the beach
    A concave circle in the sand
    The moon comes out
 
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10. When do the hatchlings usually emerge from the nest?
    In the middle of the day when the sun is high
    At night when the sand is cool
    At dawn so they can see
 
   
 



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