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1. What is the platypus's first drink?

(a) water

(b) milk

(c) lemonade

2. What does condense mean?

(a) making milk

(b) making snow

(c) water vapor coming together to make a cloud long

 3. How old is the baby platypus when it first leaves the burrow?

(a) 12 weeks old

(b) 3 months old

(c) 1 year old

4.What is another name for rain?

(a) sleet

(b) precipitation

(c) evaporation

5. What do platypuses eat?

(a) gambusia fish

(b) plants

(c) yabbies

6. What is a glacier?

(a) frozen lemonade

(b) an ice river

(c) an icecream

 7. Water vapour is :

(a) a gas

(b) carbon dioxide

(c) air

8. What doesthe female platypus do before she lays her eggs?

(a) Plugs up her burrow with mud

(b) Looks for her mate

(c) Makes a burrow

9. What is the platypuses main defense against predators?

(a) A posisonous spur on its back leg

(b) Sharp teeth

(c) A spikey tail

10. How many teeth does a platypus have?

(a) 20

(b) 0

(c) 16

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