SSLC (English Medium) Class 6 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

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1. Have you seen turtles? Where do they live?
2. What do you know about turtles?
3. Why do you think the turtles in the picture have names such as Leatherback and Hawksbill?

Turtles are different from tortoises.

Turtles are sea animals.

Sea turtles are very small.

Turtles come ashore to lay eggs

Sea turtles come to rest on land.

Olive Ridleys are the only sea turtles seen on Indian shores.

There are seven kinds of sea turtles in the world.

Female Olive Ridleys come ashore at night to lay eggs.

The eggs of an Olive Ridley are in the shape and size of a cricket ball.

Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.

The turtles use their flippers and make a hollow for their nests.

The hatchlings use a tiny egg-tooth to come out of the eggs.

Fill in the table given below.

The ______ is a biological relative of tortoises.

In India’s coastal waters we can see a species of ______.

Sea turtles come to the shore to ______.

It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.

A turtle’s flippers help it to ______.

A sea turtle camouflages its nest by tossing sand on it to ______.