Sea Turtle and Positive Human Impact
Sea Turtles (Lessons 03.02, 03.04, 03.05)
What types are typically found in Florida?
What types are not typically found in Florida?
What are the 2 main parts (upper and lower) of a sea turtle shell called?
Can a sea turtle’s shell heal if injured?
Do sea turtles need to drink freshwater?
Do we typically find sea turtles in cold water areas?
Large headed sea turtles are called what type of sea turtle (think about the type we rescued in lesson 03.04)
What do we look for to help determine the sex of a sea turtle?
Know about the different food sources of the different species of sea turtles – to do this, match the following
(Match the turtle with its food type)
Turtle
Flatback
Leatherback
Hawksbill
Green
Food Source
Sea cucumber
Seaweed
Jellyfish
Coral
Should you photograph, attempt to touch, pull a nesting mama turtle back to water, or put bright lights/flashes of light on sea turtles (especially hatchlings)?
Will moonlight make a nesting female abandon her nest?
What general things do humans do to harm sea turtles?
Know how to differentiate a sea turtle, terrapin, and a tortoise
What are the general mating seasons for loggerhead sea turtles?
Positive Human Impact (Lesson 03.06)
What are the three types of positive human impact efforts being utilized to protect the environment?
Would the depletion of non-renewable resources, burning of fossil fuels, and oil spills have positive or negative effects on the environment?
Would beach renourishment, replanting of sea grasses, and ecotourism have positive or negative effects on the environment?
Why are seagrasses important to an estuary ecosystem? (list all the reasons)
What benefits do mangrove forests provide to the environment? (list all the reasons)
When we replant seagrasses and mangrove trees, which type of positive human impact effort would we consider this to be: conservation, preservation, or restoration?
Be able to explain the purpose and role of the Endangered
What types are typically found in Florida?
What types are not typically found in Florida?
What are the 2 main parts (upper and lower) of a sea turtle shell called?
Can a sea turtle’s shell heal if injured?
Do sea turtles need to drink freshwater?
Do we typically find sea turtles in cold water areas?
Large headed sea turtles are called what type of sea turtle (think about the type we rescued in lesson 03.04)
What do we look for to help determine the sex of a sea turtle?
Know about the different food sources of the different species of sea turtles – to do this, match the following
(Match the turtle with its food type)
Turtle
Flatback
Leatherback
Hawksbill
Green
Food Source
Sea cucumber
Seaweed
Jellyfish
Coral
Should you photograph, attempt to touch, pull a nesting mama turtle back to water, or put bright lights/flashes of light on sea turtles (especially hatchlings)?
Will moonlight make a nesting female abandon her nest?
What general things do humans do to harm sea turtles?
Know how to differentiate a sea turtle, terrapin, and a tortoise
What are the general mating seasons for loggerhead sea turtles?
Positive Human Impact (Lesson 03.06)
What are the three types of positive human impact efforts being utilized to protect the environment?
Would the depletion of non-renewable resources, burning of fossil fuels, and oil spills have positive or negative effects on the environment?
Would beach renourishment, replanting of sea grasses, and ecotourism have positive or negative effects on the environment?
Why are seagrasses important to an estuary ecosystem? (list all the reasons)
What benefits do mangrove forests provide to the environment? (list all the reasons)
When we replant seagrasses and mangrove trees, which type of positive human impact effort would we consider this to be: conservation, preservation, or restoration?
Be able to explain the purpose and role of the Endangered