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Working with weather - true or false

Read each of the following situations and decide whether the statements made are true or false.

1. It is mid-winter and most of the pasture has been burnt off by frosts. It is a good time to burn off stumps and windrowed timber.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
2. It is early spring and a thunderstorm brought a good fall of rain. Tomorrow would be a good day to plant out seedling trees for a windbreak.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
3. A cold front is due to hit your district after lunchtime. You should make sure that you have a warm coat and wet weather gear in the ute before going back to continue fence repairs.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
4. It is an extremely hot day. It would be a good day to dig the post-holes for the steep, back boundary by hand.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
5. It has been a long, hot morning mustering sheep on horseback. You should take a break as soon as possible to rest and water the animals and have a drink and bite to eat yourself.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
6. It has been pouring rain for two days. The property where you work is 30 kilometres from the nearest town on a road with several low-level creek crossings. The weather forecast is for more rain. It would be wise to go to town today to buy supplies.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
7. You are ploughing to prepare for late autumn sowing of a broad acre wheat crop. The weather is hot, dry and dusty. The oil and water levels on the tractor should be checked and the air filters cleaned every day.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
8. Snow is forecast for the tablelands property where you work and the merino ewes have commenced lambing. It would be a good time to ask your boss for a few days off to visit your family.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
9. It is raining steadily this morning following heavy rain last night. The ploughing should be started today while the rain is about.
   TRUE / FALSE
   
   
10. Gale force winds are forecast. You have to go to town to pick up parts for the tractor. Before leaving you should spend a few minutes checking around the farm house and sheds for items that need to be put away or secured, such as sheets of iron, plastic and fertiliser bags.
    TRUE / FALSE

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