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#1. If you’re on the west coast of Tasmania, you might get hit by the ‘Roaring Forties’, but what are they?
The Roaring Forties are fast winds that circle the globe, around 40 degrees south of the equator.
#2. Between 1964 and 1990 there was a 25-fold increase in the number of Deschampsia antarctica found in Antarctica, but what exactly is this species?
Antarctic hair grass, Deschampsia antarctica, is booming due to warming temperatures.
#3. Which Tasmanian animal is under threat from an infectious cancer?
Since 1996, devil facial tumour disease may have killed up to 80% of Tasmanian devils.
#4. Which of the following animals is real?
There are many animals named after vampires. The vampire ground finch gets its name because it sometimes drinks the blood of other birds, while the vampire squid looks like it is wearing a cloak!
#5. True or false? Instant noodles have been eaten in space.
True. In 2005 Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi became the first person to eat instant noodles in space.
#6. Which of the following tardigrade facts is false?
Some tardigrades can survive at temperatures of 150° C, but lava is much hotter, around 700° C–1,200° C.
#7. What word is used to describe a tree that loses its leaves every year?
Deciduous trees lose their leaves every year.
#8. PSO J318.5−22 is a rogue planet, but what does that mean?
Rogue planets such as PSO J318.5−22 don’t orbit stars.
#9. How many lightning strikes happen every second on Earth?
NASA estimates there are around 100 flashes of lightning every second!
#10. All rivers in Australia flow into the ocean.
False. Rivers that flow into Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre never flow out again, because the lake is below sea level!
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