2025-2026 Coastal Kids Quiz- Sea Turtles Survey

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1. School and Teacher Name
(If your class name is not listed, please email hjackson@joinACF.org) (Required.)

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2. What should you do if you find sea turtle tracks on the beach? (Required.)

Erase them

Call the Sea Turtle hotline, or ask an adult to call, and leave them undisturbed

Try to find the nest

None of the above

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3. Who monitors sea turtles in Alabama? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ___________ ? (Required.)

Save the Turtles

Share the Beach

Turtle Patrol Team

Sea Turtle Saviors

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4. Which sea turtle does NOT nest on Alabama beaches? (Required.)

Kemps Ridley

Green

Loggerhead

Leatherback

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5. True or False: Sea turtle bycatch does not pose a big threat to the turtle population. (Required.)

True

False

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6. How can you help protect our Alabama sea turtles through “Share The Beach”? (Required.)

Adopt-A-Nest program

Reporting turtle tracks you find

Volunteering

All of the above

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7. When is sea turtle nesting season along the Alabama beaches? (Required.)

May 1- October 31

April 30 - June 31

May 31 - August 1

May 1 – July 31

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8. Although hatchlings weigh only 1-2 ounces, how many pounds can an adult Loggerhead weigh? (Required.)

Less than 100 pounds

Between 175- 350 pounds

Over 400 pounds

No one knows

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9. What is the most common sea turtle that nests on Alabama beaches? (Required.)

Loggerhead

Kemps Ridley

Leatherback

Green

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10. What is a false crawl? (Required.)

When a turtle comes up on land to lay her eggs but chooses not to

When a turtle pretends to lay a nest to confuse predators

When a turtle is lost and ends up on land

None of the above

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11. What do loggerhead sea turtles eat? (Required.)

Meat and veggies

Meat only

Veggies only

Algae only

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12. Which of these is NOT a threat to sea turtles? (Required.)

Artificial light

Holes dug in sand

Sandy shores

Marine debris

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13. True or False: The temperature inside the nest determines if a hatchling will be male or female. (Required.)

True

False

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14. The east coast of Mexico is the only known major nesting beach in the
world for what sea turtle? (Required.)

Loggerhead

Kemps Ridley

Leatherback

Green

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15. Do sea turtles come back to the same place to nest? (Required.)

Yes, mothers and offspring always return to the same beach

No, turtles will nest anywhere

Sort of. They return to the same general area, but not necessarily the exact same beach on which they were hatched

We don't know. They are highly secretive

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16. Sea Turtles are reptiles that date back to 200 million years ago! (Required.)

True

False

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17. The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle species is listed as ________. (Required.)

Critically Endangered

Vulnerable

Endangered

Safe

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18. Which sea turtle species is the largest? (Required.)

Leatherback

Kemp’s Ridley

Green

Hawksbill

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19. Why are sea turtles important? (Required.)

They graze on sea grass and algae making the marine vegetation more productive

They eat jellyfish and help keep their number under control

They aren’t important; we just think they are really cool

Answers A and B are correct

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20. Sea Turtles are the only reptile to migrate across several thousand miles. (Required.)

True

False

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21. How many eggs do sea turtles typically lay in each nest? (Required.)

110

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22. Hatchling sea turtles find their way to the Gulf of Mexico by ________. (Required.)

The moonlight or starlight reflection on the water

A flashlight

Following the sounds of the waves

Smelling their mother’s tracks

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23. Most hatchlings emerge together after 55-75 days in an “eruption” of babies from the nest. (Required.)

True

False

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24. Which of the following are sea turtle habitats? (Required.)

In most of the world’s oceans, except for the cold polar seas

Near sea grass beds

Around coral reefs and in shallow waters

All of the above

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25. What are the best lighting options for beaches on which sea turtles nest? (Required.)

Bright yellow or white lights

Spotlights that flash constantly

Low wattage lights in the amber or red color spectrum

2025-2026 Coastal Kids Quiz- Sea Turtles

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* 1. School and Teacher Name(If your class name is not listed, please email hjackson@joinACF.org) (Required.)

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* 2. What should you do if you find sea turtle tracks on the beach? (Required.)

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* 3. Who monitors sea turtles in Alabama? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ___________ ? (Required.)

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* 4. Which sea turtle does NOT nest on Alabama beaches? (Required.)

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* 5. True or False: Sea turtle bycatch does not pose a big threat to the turtle population. (Required.)

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* 6. How can you help protect our Alabama sea turtles through “Share The Beach”? (Required.)

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* 7. When is sea turtle nesting season along the Alabama beaches? (Required.)

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* 8. Although hatchlings weigh only 1-2 ounces, how many pounds can an adult Loggerhead weigh? (Required.)

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* 9. What is the most common sea turtle that nests on Alabama beaches? (Required.)

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* 10. What is a false crawl? (Required.)

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* 11. What do loggerhead sea turtles eat? (Required.)

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* 12. Which of these is NOT a threat to sea turtles? (Required.)

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* 13. True or False: The temperature inside the nest determines if a hatchling will be male or female. (Required.)

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* 14. The east coast of Mexico is the only known major nesting beach in the world for what sea turtle? (Required.)

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* 15. Do sea turtles come back to the same place to nest? (Required.)

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* 16. Sea Turtles are reptiles that date back to 200 million years ago! (Required.)

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* 17. The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle species is listed as ________. (Required.)

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* 18. Which sea turtle species is the largest? (Required.)

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* 19. Why are sea turtles important? (Required.)

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* 20. Sea Turtles are the only reptile to migrate across several thousand miles. (Required.)

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* 21. How many eggs do sea turtles typically lay in each nest? (Required.)

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* 22. Hatchling sea turtles find their way to the Gulf of Mexico by ________. (Required.)

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* 23. Most hatchlings emerge together after 55-75 days in an “eruption” of babies from the nest. (Required.)

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* 24. Which of the following are sea turtle habitats? (Required.)

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* 25. What are the best lighting options for beaches on which sea turtles nest? (Required.)

1. School and Teacher Name
(If your class name is not listed, please email hjackson@joinACF.org) (Required.)

2. What should you do if you find sea turtle tracks on the beach? (Required.)

3. Who monitors sea turtles in Alabama? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ___________ ? (Required.)

4. Which sea turtle does NOT nest on Alabama beaches? (Required.)

5. True or False: Sea turtle bycatch does not pose a big threat to the turtle population. (Required.)

6. How can you help protect our Alabama sea turtles through “Share The Beach”? (Required.)

7. When is sea turtle nesting season along the Alabama beaches? (Required.)

8. Although hatchlings weigh only 1-2 ounces, how many pounds can an adult Loggerhead weigh? (Required.)

9. What is the most common sea turtle that nests on Alabama beaches? (Required.)

10. What is a false crawl? (Required.)

11. What do loggerhead sea turtles eat? (Required.)

12. Which of these is NOT a threat to sea turtles? (Required.)

13. True or False: The temperature inside the nest determines if a hatchling will be male or female. (Required.)

14. The east coast of Mexico is the only known major nesting beach in the
world for what sea turtle? (Required.)

15. Do sea turtles come back to the same place to nest? (Required.)

16. Sea Turtles are reptiles that date back to 200 million years ago! (Required.)

17. The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle species is listed as ________. (Required.)

18. Which sea turtle species is the largest? (Required.)

19. Why are sea turtles important? (Required.)

20. Sea Turtles are the only reptile to migrate across several thousand miles. (Required.)

21. How many eggs do sea turtles typically lay in each nest? (Required.)

22. Hatchling sea turtles find their way to the Gulf of Mexico by ________. (Required.)

23. Most hatchlings emerge together after 55-75 days in an “eruption” of babies from the nest. (Required.)

24. Which of the following are sea turtle habitats? (Required.)

25. What are the best lighting options for beaches on which sea turtles nest? (Required.)