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#1. Which of the following worms is not an animal?
Ringworm is a fungus that infects skin and often makes a ring shape.
#2. Where does the spotted handfish rove?
The spotted handfish is found in the Derwent River in Tasmania.
#3. How long is 100 miles?
One hundred miles is exactly 160,934.4 metres.
#4. Which of the following birds is native to Australia, not introduced?
Commonly called seagulls, silver gulls are native to Australia.
#5. If you wanted to make a guitar string one octave lower, without making it thicker or looser, how much longer would it need to be?
To make a note one octave lower, the string needs to vibrate at half the frequency. To do that, it needs to be twice as long. In real life, bass guitars are usually a bit longer than guitars, but the strings also tend to be thicker and looser to reach those low notes!
#6. During the day, plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, but what do they do at night?
Plants need oxygen to keep their cells alive. At night, plants can’t produce any oxygen, so they absorb it from the air.
#7. True or false? Carbon fibres are usually a bit thicker than human hairs.
False. You can fit about 100 carbon fibres side by side in a millimetre, but only about 10 human hairs.
#8. What metal element is found in magnetite?
Magnetite is an oxide of iron, and it’s a magnetic mineral. Magnets are named after the ancient Greek name for magnetite: lithos magnes.
#9. Which of these is a chemical found in paper?
Paper is made from cellulose, a chemical that comes from wood, rags, plants and algae.
#10. In the human stomach, is the fluid:
Gastric juice in the stomach is acidic to help break down food for digestion.
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