The Science of Autumn
The part of a coniferous tree that can be used to make a homemade weather station to forecast rain, as well as various crafts
What is a pine cone?
This fruit comes in many varieties, including Fuji, Gala, Braeburn, Pink Lady, and Honeycrisp.
What are apples?
This autumn activity involves raking fallen leaves into a large pile.
What is jumping in leaves?
An American autumn holiday tradition that typically includes dressing up in costumes to walk door-to-door to receive candy from one's neighbors
What is Trick or Treating?
The long period of inactivity and slowed metabolism that some animals prepare for by deliberately eating a lot of food in the autumn
What is hibernation?
You can estimate the number of these inside of a pumpkin by how many and how deep the grooves on the outside of the pumpkin are.
What are pumpkin seeds?
In the autumn, people go to orchards to engage in this activity.
What is apple picking?
An annual festival that includes the consumption of large qualities of beer, traditional food, games, and a carnival
What is Oktoberfest?
On September 22nd or 23rd each year, when there is roughly an equal number of hours of daylight and night time
What is the autumnal equinox?
This baked dessert is typically spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
What is pumpkin pie?
This Halloween tradition involves children dressing up in costumes and traveling door-to-door in hopes of getting candy from the neighbors.
What is trick-or-treating?
This festival typically includes Rangoli decorations, which are made using colored fine powder or sand, flower petals, or colored rocks placed in patterns on the floor or tabletop
What is Diwali?
Leaves change colors because the chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis (which makes them green) is eventually destroyed. Trees begin this process due to an increase in ______?
What is number of nights when the temperature drops below freezing?
This berry is also called "Bounceberry" because small air pockets inside of them make them bounce, and also make them float.
A trip to a farm is necessary for this autumn activity, which consists of sitting on bales while being pulled by horses or a tractor around the fields.
What is a hay ride?
A festival that can include bonfires, mummer's plays, and possibly making contact with fairy folk
What is Samhain?
Skeletons are often used as decorations for those who celebrate Halloween. The femur, the tibia, and the humorus are the main bones located in which part of the human body?
What is the leg?
Yams are large, starchy roots grown in Africa and Asia, and are rarely available in American supermarkets. Name the American vegetable which is often confused with yams.
What is a sweet potato?
After the harvest, some farmers cut out patterns in a field. Then people enter the field at one end, find their way through the winding pattern, and exit from the other end. This autumn activity is known as ______.
What is a corn maze?
An annual event held in Vancouver by the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret that is held at a secret location disclosed the night before, and participants will sometimes dress in costumes, bring lanterns, and build shrines
What is the Parade of Lost Souls?