You can always press Enter⏎ to continue
JotForm Logo
Now create your own JotForm - It's free!Create your own JotForm
Create your ownJotFormJotForm mascot Podo
doctor
Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Coastal Classroom 
Ask a Veterinarian Quiz 
doctor
  • 1
    Press
    Enter
  • 2

    Key Vocabulary Terms

    Review these key terms from Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Virtual Coastal Classroom Lesson to help you find the answers and unlock our favorite photos and gifs of our patients!

    Beak: any of various rigid projecting mouth structures (as of a turtle)

    Buoyancy: the ability or tendency to float in water or air or some other fluid

    Carapace: a bony plate covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab)

    Entangle: to become twisted together with or caught in

    Impact: the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.

    Organ- a part of an organism that is self-contained and has a specific vital function

    Plastron: the ventral part (underside) of the shell of a tortoise or turtle consisting typically of nine symmetrically placed bones

    Prey: an animal taken by another animal as food

    Rehabilitation: restoration especially by therapeutic means to an improved condition of physical function

    Scute: an external bony or horny plate or large scale

    Skeleton- an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material for support

    Species: a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name

    Veterinarian: a person qualified to treat diseased or injured animals

    Press
    Enter
  • 3
    Press
    Enter
  • 4
    Veterinarians can specialize in taking care of a particular group of animals. There are veterinarians that take care of horses, dogs & cats, exotic pets, zoo animals, sea turtles, and more!
    Press
    Enter
  • 5
    Press
    Enter
  • 6
    Loggerhead Marinelife Center's protocol is Rescue to Release. All sea turtles that are at our hospital are actively receiving treatment. Once they are deemed healthy, they are released back out into the ocean.
    Press
    Enter
  • 7
    Press
    Enter
  • 8
    There is no turtle specific medication, so we have to use a mix of dog/cat & human medication to treat our patients.
    Press
    Enter
  • 9
    Press
    Enter
  • 10
    To specialize in sea turtle medicine there are additional educational requirements beyond a doctorate degree.
    Press
    Enter
  • 11
    Press
    Enter
  • 12
    You can become a Vet Tech, volunteer in our rehab center if you are 18 or older, or become an ocean steward by recycling, using reusable items, or even hosting a clean up in your community to help protect our marine life!
    Press
    Enter
  • 13
    Press
    Enter
  • Should be Empty:
Question Label
1 of 13See AllGo Back
close
Save & Continue Later

Your form is saved successfully!

If you want to continue answering your form later, please enter the email address you would like to send the link to:

Please enter a valid email address.

Something went wrong while saving your answers. Please try again.

Email has been sent successfully.

Save your progress

OR
Already have an account? LOGIN
Skip Create an Account

Save your progress

Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy

Your form submission has been saved as a draft.

If you want to continue answering your form later, please enter the email address you would like to send the link to:

Save your progress

OR
Forgot Password?

Your form submission has been saved as a draft.

We’ve sent you an email with a link to complete your submission.

Logout