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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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