The Race for the North Pole Jeopardy ABCDE Final Jeopardy

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Question Answer A-100 QUESTION: Is the term mussels used correctly in this sentence. He flexed his mussels before lifting the handle. ANSWER: No. It should be muscles.

Question Answer A-200 QUESTION: What does the turtle try to do as soon as she hatches from her shell? ANSWER: She tries to crawl to the sea without getting eaten by a predator.

Question Answer A-300 QUESTION: What was the author’s purpose in writing “In the Sea”? ANSWER: Informational/Persuasive

Question Answer A-400 QUESTION:How does the turtle protect herself against such enemies as the butterfly fish and sharks? ANSWER: She hides under a ledge of the coral reef and swims into the deep, dark water, where she cannot be seen.

Question Answer A-500 QUESTION: What is the first step in the life cycle of a turtle? ANSWER: The female goes to the beach with the intent of laying her eggs.

Question Answer QUESTION: This means uncomfortable or uncoordinated. ANSWER: awkard B-100

Question Answer B-200 QUESTION: This word means a field or sheet of flowing ice. ANSWER: Floe

Question Answer B-300 QUESTION: What did Robert want to do in Greenland? ANSWER: Be the first person to cross it.

Question Answer B-400 QUESTION: What does protection mean? ANSWER: Safety

Question Answer B-500 QUESTION: This means a substance made up of skeletons of tiny sea animals. ANSWER: Coral

Question Answer C-100 QUESTION: This means broad, flat body parts used for swimming. ANSWER: flippers

Question Answer C-200 QUESTION: What are body tissues that move body parts. ANSWER: muscles

Question Answer C-300 QUESTION: What are raised narrow strips? ANSWER: ridges

Question Answer C-400 QUESTION: What is the definition of underside? ANSWER: the bottom side of something

Question Answer C-500 QUESTION: __________ is the interaction of organisms in their environments. ANSWER: Ecosystems

Question Answer D-100 QUESTION: This is a newly hatched animal. ANSWER: hatchling

Question Answer D-200 QUESTION: This is a water animal that looks similar to a clam. ANSWER: mussel

Question Answer D-300 QUESTION: These are small living things in water that are food for many fish. ANSWER: plankton

Question Answer D-400 QUESTION: Name two of the stages in the life cycle of a turtle. ANSWER: female at the beach, digs nest, lays eggs, eggs are in nest, female returns to water, baby turtle hatches, hatchlings enter the ocean, young turtle searches for food, turtle take a trip through currents, older turtles lay more eggs

Question Answer D-500 QUESTION: How many eggs does a turtle lay? ANSWER: More than 100

Question Answer E-100 QUESTION: Where does the turtle go to lay her eggs? ANSWER: She returns to the same island where she was born.

Question Answer E-200 QUESTION: Name one way humans endanger sea turtles. ANSWER: eat turtle eggs, vehicles crush the eggs, killed for shells, they may die if they swallow trash or debris in the ocean

Question Answer E-300 QUESTION: True or False. Other turtles eat turtle eggs. ANSWER: False

Question Answer E-400 QUESTION: Who illustrated this story? ANSWER: Alix Berenzy

Question Answer E-500 QUESTION: Do turtles have teeth? ANSWER: No

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION: What is something humans could do to help the turtles? ANSWER: Recycle so trash doesn’t end up in the ocean, protect nesting sites, provide safe care for the eggs, establish new nesting beaches