turtle
(an animal that lives mainly in water and has a hard shell on its back)
- A turtle spends most of its time in the water, either in oceans or freshwater bodies, only coming to land to lay eggs.
- Turtles lay their eggs deep in the sand on the beach at night and leave them there until they hatch.
tortoise
(a turtle that lives on land and moves very slowly)
- A tortoise hibernates during the winter.
- Turtles are found near water, and tortoises on dry land.