Read this passage.

Every year between March and August, leatherback turtles come ashore at Matura Beach in Trinidad. The females drag themselves up the sand at night and dig deep nests with their back flippers. Each turtle lays about eighty eggs, covers them carefully, and returns to the sea before sunrise. Around sixty days later the hatchlings break out and race towards the water. Very few of them survive to become adults, which is why volunteers patrol the beach to keep the nests safe.

The passage says the turtles come ashore at night and return to the sea before sunrise. What does this suggest?

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Read this passage.

Every year between March and August, leatherback turtles come ashore at Matura Beach in Trinidad. The females drag themselves up the sand at night and dig deep nests with their back flippers. Each turtle lays about eighty eggs, covers them carefully, and returns to the sea before sunrise. Around sixty days later the hatchlings break out and race towards the water. Very few of them survive to become adults, which is why volunteers patrol the beach to keep the nests safe.

The passage says the turtles come ashore at night and return to the sea before sunrise. What does this suggest?

Accepted Answer

The turtles are safer from being seen and disturbed in the dark — Award 1 mark. This is an inference: the passage never states the reason, but nesting in darkness and leaving before light points to avoiding danger. The text says nothing about their eyesight or about feeding on land.

Answer

The beach is closed during the day

Answer

The turtles are looking for food on the beach

Answer

The turtles cannot see during the day

Answer

The turtles are safer from being seen and disturbed in the dark

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