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A Quiz To Test Your Native Turtle Knowledge
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the Wisconsin's native turtles. Turtles are among the most recognizable and iconic of animals. Any animal with a shell and a backbone is a turtle whether they are called turtles, tortoises, or terrapins. In fact, terrapin is an Algonquian name for turtle. Can you answer the following multiple choice questions about the native turtles? Complete the quiz and then see your score. Better yet, stump your family and friends by asking them to take this quiz.
1. About how many bones does my shell have?
4
11
43
60
2. What is the top part of a turtle called?
Carapace
Scute
Plastron
Keratin
3. What is the bottom part of a turtle called?
Carapace
Scute
Plastron
Keratin
4. Turtles can see at least one color better than human.
Yellow
Purple
Red
Green
5. Turtles can see clearly underwater because they have ____________.
Flat lenses
Flat corneas
Narrow iris
Constricted pupils
6. Turtles have an outer ear similar to humans.
True
False
7. Turtles have scent organs under their chins called _________.
Nares
Jacobson's organ
Barbels
Chelons
8. Female turtles have the ability to store sperm in their bodies which can be used for multiple clutches of eggs.
True
False
9. Turtles are endotherms — they can maintain a constant body temperature independent of the environment
True
False
10. Which of the following is NOT true about how turtles survive the winter underwater buried in pond mud?
They slow their metabolism
They uptake oxygen from the pond water by moving it across body surfaces
They breathe through their butts
They allow their body temperature to drop below freezing
11. Most turtles are _____________.
Carnivores
Vegetarians
Omnivores
12. A turtle's shell is a modified rib cage.
True
False
13. Turtles give birth to live young.
True
False
14. Turtles belong to the classification _____________.
Amphibians
Reptiles
Mammals
15. Turtle feet are NOT webbed.
True
False
16. Turtles don’t have teeth but their jaws and beaks serve a replacement.
True
False