I'll Tell You Autumn About It
This is the name of the full moon that occurs closet to the start of autumn.
What is the harvest moon?
This U.S. state produces the most pumpkins.
What is Illinois?
What is 1621?
This fruit is commonly coated to make a sweet and sticky treat.
What is caramel apples?
This is something animals do in the fall to prepare for winter.
What is gather food?
These are the colors seen with fall leaves
What are red, orange, yellow and brown?
This is how long it takes for a pumpkin to grow and become ready to harvest.
What is 90 to 120 days?
The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted how many days?
What is three (3) days?
This treat is named after a vegetable and usually has three different colored sections.
What is candy corn?
This is what some birds do in the fall to prepare for winter.
What is fly south to warmer climates?
These are the pigments that cause leaves to turn red or purple.
What is anthocyanins?
Pumpkins are about 60% water. True or False.
False, what is they are about 90% water?
This is the year that Thanksgiving was declared a U.S. holiday.
What is 1941?
This activity involves trying to grasp floating fruit with your mouth.
What is bobbing for apples?
This insect travels from the U.S. to Mexico in the fall.
What is the Monarch butterfly?
This type of tree loses leaves in the Fall.
What are deciduous trees?
This gives pumpkins their orange color.
What is Carotene?
True
Pumpkin seeds are rich in these mineral nutrients (name at least one).
What is magnesium, zinc, phosphorus or potassium?
Benjamin Franklin wanted this bird to be the national bird.
What is the turkey?
This is the approximate date of the autumnal equinox (the start of fall).
What is September 22nd or 23rd?
The large pumpkins can contain over this many seeds.
What is 500 seeds?
This U.S. President was the first to issue a proclamation for a public day of thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
These three things are found in pumpkin spice.
What are cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and ginger?
This is when animals slow down or sleep more during late fall and winter.
What is hibernation?