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Take the Conservation Quiz! Test your knowledge of the natural environment for World Environment Day (5 June). Find the answers on the back page.

5 ‘Eutrophication’ happens when... square-full Water has too many nutrients and too little oxygen

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What type of wallaby lives on the cliffs of Flinders Peak? square-full Swamp Wallaby square-full Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby square-full Red-necked Wallaby

square-full A tree branch withers and falls off square-full Rocks are formed by cooling magma

2 How does the weed Lantana affect conservation areas? square-full It forms a dense thicket that smothers habitat

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In which conservation reserve can you find the critically endangered vegetation community Swamp Tea Tree? square-full Denmark Hill square-full Haig Street Quarry square-full Purga Nature Reserve

square-full It can increase the intensity of bushfires square-full It releases chemicals into the soil to prevent other plants from germinating square-full All of the above

3 What noise does a Glossy Black-cockatoo make? square-full A loud squawk square-full Soft calls square-full ‘Hello Polly’!

7 A platypus...

square-full Is an egg-laying mammal square-full Can dive underwater for 30 seconds square-full Uses electroreception to find food square-full All of the above

8 In May 2020, how many people passed through the Paperbark Flats Picnic Area of White Rock – Spring Mountain Conservation Estate? square-full 13,400 square-full 134,000 square-full 134

4 Can you take your dog into a conservation area in Ipswich? square-full Yes square-full Yes if you stay on the trails and keep your dog leashed square-full No

Did you know?... The pink nodding orchid Geodorum densiflorum is a very pretty - but also very tough - local flower. It lives in hostile, arid conditions. In winter it is dormant underground, but in summer, the strappy leaves and delicate pink blooms emerge. You can find the pink nodding orchid in White Rock – Spring Mountain Conservation Estate.

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