RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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Green sea
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turtle
The green sea turtle is a marine reptile. It is found in warm tropical and
temperate oceans all over the world. The female lives in the sea and
comes onto the beach each summer to lay eggs. The male doesn’t
come onto land. There are seven different species of sea turtles. The
green sea turtle is one of the largest turtles.
The green sea turtle has a large, hard shell (called a ‘carapace’); a
beak; a tail; and four flippers. This turtle is unable to retract its head
and flippers into its shell for protection. The green sea turtle was so
named because of the colour of the fat underneath the shell. The fat
is green in colour because of the amount of sea grass and other sea
plants it eats. The adult green sea turtle is a plant eater (herbivore);
however, as a young hatchling, it is a meat eater (carnivore).
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The female green sea turtle returns to the same beach each year to
lay her eggs. It is the beach where she was born. She hauls herself
onto the beach at night during summer to lay around 100 eggs. She
uses her flippers to dig a pit, lays her eggs and covers them carefully
with sand. She then returns to the sea. Around three months later, the
baby turtles hatch and make their way to the sea.
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The green sea turtle is considered endangered in some parts of the
world. Climate change is threatening the future of these and other
marine turtles. Rising waters, severe storms and flooding are destroying
the beaches where the green sea turtles lay their eggs.
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