Flora
This spring flower is known as the first to bloom after winter and symbolizes rebirth
What is the Crocus?
This small mammal, symbolizing fertility and Easter, is typically nocturnal in the wild despite folklore depictions.
What is the Rabbit?
This atmospheric phenomenon often increases in spring due to warming land temperatures meeting lingering winter cold air.
What is a Thunderstorm?
What is diamond?
While many associate the "Osterhase," or Easter Hare, with modern candy, this European nation is where the tradition of a rabbit delivering eggs first hopped into history during the 1600s.
What is Germany?
The tulip became a symbol of spring in Europe. This country is historically famous for its tulip mania in the 17th century
What is the Netherlands?
This migratory bird times its return to spring breeding grounds to match the peak abundance of insects.
What is the Robin?
Early spring storms in North America can generate rotating thunderstorms capable of producing this severe weather. Look out Auntie Ann!
What is a Tornado?
A ram, a bull, and a set of twins walk into a bar...and end up being these Spring zodiac signs.
What are Aries, Taurus, and Gemini?
This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where crowds greeted him by waving these specific tree branches.
What is Palm?
This process allows plants to convert sunlight into energy
What is Photosynthesis?
These young animals are commonly born in flocks during spring in temperate regions.
What are lambs?
This calm, circular area at the center of a tropical cyclone is surrounded by the most intense winds and rain, but remains strangely peaceful as the storm rages around it.
What is the eye?
Despite its colorful name, this first full moon of the spring season is actually named for the wild ground phlox, a pink flower that blooms early in the spring.
What is Pink?
It is both the number of days Jesus remained in the tomb before his resurrection and the number of times the Apostle Peter famously denied knowing him before the rooster crowed.
What is Three?
This early spring flower is famous for pushing through snow to bloom
What is the snow drop
This small mammal emerges from hibernation in spring and is known for eating insects, worms, and small invertebrates, helping control garden pests. Just watch out for Doctor Robotnik!
What is the hedgehog?
A sudden late-season snowstorm in spring, often affecting the northern U.S. or Europe, is sometimes called this.
What is Thundersnow?
This vibrant Hindu spring festival celebrates the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil by having participants throw colorful powders and scented water at one another.
What is Holi?
After Congress banned children from playing on the Capitol grounds in 1876, this 19th president officially moved the annual Easter Egg Roll to the White House lawn in 1878.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This type of plant lives for multiple years and blooms each spring without needing to be replanted
What is a perrenial?
Amphibians emerging in spring often breed in temporary water bodies known as what?
What are Vernal Pools?
The first strong winds of spring that carry pollen long distances are often called this in meteorology.
What are Chinook Winds?
The pomegranate seeds she ate in the Underworld bound her to Hades, but her annual spring return to the surface is what Greeks used to explain the blooming of flowers.
Who is Persephone?
According to the Gospels of John and Mark, this person, who had been a devoted follower, was the very first to see and speak with the risen Jesus outside his tomb on Easter morning.
Who is Mary Magdalene?