Winter Animals
Winter Word Scramble
Winter Sports
Winter Weather
Random Winter Facts
100

These birds are incapable of flight, but are excellent swimmers.

Penguins

100

TRWIEN

winter

100

You can do this winter sport either down a mountain or cross country.

Skiing

100

What do you call a massive storm that drops a large quantity of snow?

Blizzard

100

"Watermelon snow" is the term used for when snow is this color.

Pink/red (conversely caused by green algae)

200

What deer, found in the Arctic, is the only kind where both males and females have antlers?

Reindeer/caribou

200

LIDHOYAS

holidays

200

What is the national sport of Canada?

Ice hockey

200

This term is used for when ice pellets are mixed with rain and/or snow.

Sleet/freezing rain

200

Snowflakes have how many sides?

Six

300

This large white-headed bird is found on the Illinois flag, and is common in IL in winter.

Bald eagle

300

EZFINREG

freezing

300

What do you call fancy ice skating, where skaters perform tricks such as jumps, spins, and twirls?

Figure skating

300

The coldest temperature ever recorded was taken on which continent?

Antarctica

300

1924 marked the debut of what winter sports event?

Winter Olympics

400

Known by multiple names, these large ground squirrels hibernate through the winter, but might emerge on February 2.

Groundhog/woodchuck/whistlepig

400

SWOTMRNSO

snowstorm

400

What type of sled is used for a team sport in the Olympics? (Hint: it has a man's name)

Bobsled

400

True or false? Earth is closest to the sun in the winter.

True

400

On average, what is the coldest month of the year for Champaign?

January

500

You might be surprised, but you can sometimes see these types of reptiles out on warm sunny winter days. 

Turtles or snakes

500

GTOGBNAO

toboggan

500

Though not as well known as hockey, this sport that involves pushing a stone across a rink is just as beloved in Canada.

Curling

500

What is the name for this type of ice, formed by supercooled water droplets freezing?

Rime ice

500

How tall was the tallest snowperson ever created?

122ft tall (weighed 13 million pounds!)

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