Saving the Sea Turtles

What is the main purpose of the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Recovery Project?

• to study sea turtles in a science lab

• to give sea turtles a safe place to nest

• to teach people how to care for sea turtles

• to find out how many sea turtles are still alive

The narrator says that humans are harming sea turtles. What is one example that supports this point?

• People disturb sea turtle nests while riding on fishing boats.

• People need to work to keep sea turtles on the planet.

• People take sea turtle eggs from their beaches.

• People enjoy looking for sea turtle tracks.

The narrator says that the sea turtles were returned to the water after spending time in the lab. How does the video help viewers understand how the turtles were returned to the water?

• by showing turtles crawling from the beach to the water

• by showing turtles swimming in the water shortly after hatching

• by showing people using special nets to catch turtles in the water

• by showing people putting turtles in the water from the back of a boat

Why were the turtles given “living tags”?

• to count the number of turtles in the recovery project

• to help find turtles that got lost on their way to Padre Island

• to help tell Kemp’s ridley sea turtles apart from other turtles

• to make it easy to see which turtles were part of the recovery project

Which detail about sea turtles CANNOT be learned from the narrator’s words?

• the size of the baby sea turtles

• the amount of time the sea turtles lived indoors

• the year sea turtles were found nesting in Mexico

• the number of turtle eggs that were brought to Texas

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• I haven't seen that movie in ages!

• Her hair is a red hot fire.

• She moved as slow as a turtle.

• Busy bumblebees bounce from brightly colored flowers to bonnets.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Ms. Salsman is as scared as a chicken when it comes to skydiving.

• Ms. Salsman is a chicken when it comes to skydiving.

• The trees whispered in the windy night.

• All I heard from the kitten all night was his loud meowing!

What is the setting of the story On Sea Turtle Patrol?

• on a beach in Georgia

• on a beach in Texas

• on a beach in Alabama

• on a beach in Florida

What does the simile "as slow as a turtle" mean?

• the simile means that someone is eating very slowly

• the simile means that someone is moving very slowly

• the simile means that someone is angry

• the simile means that person is becoming a turtle

Reread paragraph 52 of On Sea Turtle Patrol. Which of the following is an example of alliteration used in that paragraph?

• over the turtle

• wave washes

• glides and is gone

• she is gone