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Map of world, with balloon over Australia and jet streams marked

Hooray! You're on your way! In five seconds you'll be passing directly over Australia. The terrain below looks ideal for landing. What are you going to do?

  1. I choose to turn the burner down so that the air will cool.
  2. I choose to turn the burner up to heat the air.




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