Animal Facts
It’s the largest land animal on Earth.
Elephant
Twice a year, during this event, day and night are about equal in length; the fall one happens in September.
Equinox
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Egg
It’s the tallest mountain on Earth above sea level.
Everest
A group of these big cats is called a pride
Lion
These turn red, orange, and yellow before falling from trees.
Leaves
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
Big Ben and Buckingham Palace are in this city.
London
It’s the only bird that can fly backward.
Hummingbird
This is the name of the full moon closest to the autumn equinox.
Harvest Moon)
The more you take away from it, the bigger it gets. What is it?
hole
It’s the lightest element on the periodic table.
Hydrogen
It’s the only mammal capable of true flight.
This tan, bell-shaped squash is a fall favorite for soups.
Butternut squash
What has a spine but no bones?
book
Computers run on this number system made of only 0s and 1s.
Binary
This Australian animal has fingerprints so similar to a human’s they could confuse a crime scene.
Koala
This sweet-and-salty popcorn, cooked in a big iron pot, is a favorite treat at fall festivals and pumpkin patches.
Kettle corn
What has keys and a space but no room?
Keyboard
In chess, this is the one piece that can never actually be captured
King