OCTOBER/FALL
HALLOWEEN
FALL SCIENCE
VOCABULARY
BRAIN BOOSTERS
100

This is the tenth month of the year?

What is October?

100

October 31

What is when Halloween is celebrated?

100

This is another name for rain that falls from clouds

What is Precipitation?

100

This is a synonym for chilly

What is cold?

100

If today is October 10, there are this many days until Halloween

What is 21?

200

This season begins in September and continues into October

What is Fall/Autumn?

200

trick or treat

What is what people say when going door to door for candy?

200

Squirrels gather and store these for the cold winter months

What are acorns?

200

To gather crops when they are ready

What is harvest?

200

This comes next in the pattern: acorn, leaf, acorn, leaf, ___

What is acorn?

300

There are 31 of these in October

What is days?

300

This vegetable is commonly carved into a jack-o-lantern

Whatis a pumpkin?

300

Something an animal might do as winter approaches

What is hibernate, migrate or store food?

300

an antonym for scarce

What is abundant or plentiful?

300

If a farmer picks 48 apples and puts 6 in each bag, this is how many he puts in each bag.

What is 8?

400

The fall ___ is when night and day are nearly equal in length

What is equinox?

400

This is the name for a group of witches in folklore

What is a coven?

400

This is the process when a caterpillar changes into a butterfly

What is Metamorphosis?

400

Leaves are ____ when they are dry and easy to crack or break

What is brittle?

400

This is what happened when you to outside and see wet sidewalks, people carrying umbrellas, and dark clouds

What is rained?

500

Birds do this to find warmer conditions and more available food.

What is fly south in the fall?

500

A person might wear this on Halloween

What is a costume?

500

Birds fly south in the Fall to do this

What is to find warmer conditions and more available food?

500

To spend the winter in a state of greatly reduced activity to conserve energy when conditions are harsh and food is limited.

What is hibernate?

500

A class has 24 students. One-fourth wear orange, and half wear black. This is how many are wearing neither color

What is 6?

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