All about fall

Fall Flavours

100

This popular fall flavor is made from a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.

Pumpkin spice

200

This warm drink is made by simmering apples with spices like cinnamon and cloves.

Apple cider

300

This bright orange soup made from a gourd is a fall favorite for warming up chilly days.

Butternut squash soup

400

This spice, often used in baking and oatmeal, comes from the bark of a tree.

Cinnamon

500

This spice, often use in cookies, adds a warm “zing” to fall treats.

Ginger

Fall foliage

100

This tree has lobed leaves that turn red, orange, or brown and drop large acorns.

Oak tree

200

What is this plant?

Douglas fir

300

What tree does this leaf came from? 

Birch

400

This tree’s compound leaves turn fiery orange and red, and it produces little “helicopter” seeds that spin as they fall.

Red Maple

500

Japanese Maple

Fall Risks

100

True or false: 

Rugs help prevent fall injuries. 

False. 

Rugs, especially unsecured, increases risks of falls. People are more likely to trip and fall. 

200

Changing this at home, can reduce risks of falls because it allows you to see better. 

Lighting. 

300

________ weakness is an intrinsic factor for falls risks. 

Muscle

400

The inner ear houses the vestibular system, which is essential for maintaining this function, often compromised after an infection or head injury.

Balance and spatial orientation. 

500

A drop in ____________ when moving from sitting or lying to standing can cause dizziness which links to falls. 

Blood pressure

Falling

100

This device exponentially increases a skydiver's surface area, resulting in a drastically lower and safe terminal velocity for landing.

Parachute.

200

This term describes something's speed just before they hit the ground.

Impact velocity

300

Faster something falls through the air, the more of this force it experiences. 

Air resistance. 

400

A drop of water and a bowling ball dropped from the same height have different terminal velocities because of a difference in this ratio.

Mass to surface area

500

The point where gravity and air resistance balance and the falling object stops accelerating. 

Terminal velocity.