
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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