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Classification Presentation - Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle
Classification Presentation
Sophie Howland
Kingdom: Animalia
all organisms can be sorted into 5 kingdoms:
Kingdoms
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Monera
Protista
the organism sea turtle is in the animalia kingdom
The sea turtle is part of the Kingdom Anamalia
Characteristics
which means it is multicellular, has a nucleus and eats other organisms
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Phylum
The sea turtle is in the Chordata Phylum
Phylum
All Animalia organisms can be sorted into 2 different groups of phylum:
Chordata and invertebrates
Characteristics
The sea turtle is part of the Phylum Chordata which means it has a backbone and a internal skeleton
Characteristics
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Class
The organism sea turtle belongs to the class reptilia
Class
the groups in class are:
Mamalia
Aves
Pices
Reptilia
Amphibia
Characteristics
Characteristics of reptilia are:
- dry scales
- lays eggs on land
- cold blooded
- has lungs
characteristics
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Order
Order
The sea turtle belongs to the order testudines. The animals in this order are different species of turtles or tortises.
the characteristics of testudines are:
Characteristics
- jaws without teeth
- ribs and vertabre are attached to the shell
- dorsal plates
- ventral plates
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Family
The Green Sea Turtle is part of the family Chelonioidea
Family
Flatback sea turtles, loggerhead, sea turtles, hawksbills, and ridleys are all part of this Family as well as the green sea turtle.
The characteristics of the family Chelonioidea are:
Characteristics
- The shell is heart or oval-shaped
- The limbs have been modified for swimming nd living in the sea
- They have the ability to retract their heads into their shells
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The green sea turtles Genus name is:
Chelonia
Genus
There is two different populations of this turtle. It exists in tropical and sub tropical areas. The difference between the two is that one is nicknamed the black sea turtle because of the color of its shell. It's shell is that color because of where it lives (the Atlantic). The other green sea turtle is called the Pacific green turtle.
Species
Mydas is the species name of the green sea turtle.
Species
The turtles characteristics are:
the turtles oval/heart shaped shell which covers most of its body.
The turtles flippers helping them swim
it layer of green fat beneath the shell
- The turtle always returns to the same place to mate and when they do they breed around 100 little turtles
- The sea turtles green fat has been said to be the reason that they have a plant based diet which is different from other turtles.
- The turtles two largest breeding spots are Costa Rica and Australia.
- They can rest up to 5 hours under water without going up for air.
Extra facts
The Green Sea Turtles scientific name is:
Chelonia mydas
scientific name
Carl Linneaus
Carl Linneaus was a Sweedish natralist, explorer and doctor. He is most famous for creating the system of classifing all living organisims. He created this system back in the 1700's and it still exists in biology today, although as more living organisms have been discovered more catagories have been added.
Carl Linnaeus
Facts about Carl Linneaus:
Born: 1707
Died:1778
He was first introduced to botany as a young boy in school.
To become a doctor he had to travel to complete his degree as they had higher teaching than in sweeden.
He travelled to the netherlands to become a doctor
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Bibliography
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVW8RZRnQzjo0uGxR-5rDsLs-kgjeJUmUDHl05tkJmU/edit