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"A _____ Moon” is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. Before artificial lighting, such moonlight was essential to a farmer’s successful harvest
Harvest
According to NASA, ______ is “aurora season” because geomagnetic storms are about twice as frequent as the annual average during the fall.
Autumn
_____ is used to symbolize anger and passion.
Red
When is the beginning of autumn, or the Fall Equinox?
September 22 or 23
Each fall, the black-capped chickadee’s tiny hippocampus enlarges by 30%, which enables it to remember where it collected _____ in different spots in trees and on the ground.
seeds
A ______, an orange food that is usually a fall decoration, represents farm life and tradition.
pumpkin
According to Greek legend, autumn begins when Persephone returns with Hades in the underworld. Heartbroken, her mother, the goddess of grain and harvest, allows the crops on Earth to die until her daughter returns in the _______.
spring
Solstices and ______ are solar events that have to do with Earth’s position in relation to the sun at different times of the year.
equinoxes
Katsushika Hokusai, a Japanese artist, made a print that depicts Japanese _____ with rice paddy field workers
fields
The term “equinox” is from the Latin meaning "equal____"
night
Many birds prepare for winter ____ during the fall. One of the longest _____ is the 11,000-mile journey by the Arctic Tern.
migration, migrations
Wendy Red Star pokes fun at the generalization of Native Americans as “one with nature". She uses inflatable animals, such as a ____, plastic flowers, Astroturf, and other artificial materials
deer
While Americans typically use the word “fall,” the British use the word “autumn,” though both terms date around the 16th century. Before these terms, the period was called “_____.”
Harvest
People who live on the ______ or central area of the planet never experience autumn
equator
Etymologists are unsure of the origin of the word “autumn,” though they believe it comes from the ancient Etruscan root autu, which implies a change of ____. In this scenario, the Romans then appropriated the term and formed the Latin word autumnus.
season