Before & After
Jet _______ Lift
Ski
In this month do we say goodbye to Spring.
What is June
Start with a 3 letter word that means this exact moment in time. _______ _______ _______
Then add one letter to make a word that means frozen rain. _______ _______ _______ ______
What is Now and Snow
True or False:
You could fit 1.3 million Earths inside the sun.
True
This tree part is where photosynthesis takes place, converting sunlight into energy.
What are leaves?
Sun _________ Pot
Flower
Ruby is the birthstone for this summer month.
What is July?
Start with a 3 letter word that means an adult male.
_____ ______ ______
Add 1 letter to make a word that means a large number of something.
_____ _____ _____ _____
What is man and many?
True or False:
The sun is 70% helium and 28% hydrogen
False. The sun is 70% hydrogen and 28% helium.
In Greek mythology, this tree was sacred to the goddess Athena, often symbolizing wisdom.
What is an olive tree?
Field ____________Flakes
Corn
This is when the Earth is tilted in such a way that we experience the longest day and the shortest night of the year.
What is Summer Solstice?
Start with 3 letter name of a playing card that can be high or low. _____ _____ _____
Add 1 letter to make a word that means a contest of speed. _____ _____ _____ ______
What is ace and race?
True or False:
The sun is 4.6 million years old.
False. The sun is 4.6 BILLION years old.
Trees absorb this harmful gas along with other potentially harmful gasses.
What is carbon dioxide?
Fried __________ Little
Chicken
It was thought in ancient Greek mythology that the star Sirius, also known as the "Dog Star" rose and set with the sun during this time causing the weather to be particularly hot and humid. This belief led to the origin in this expression.
What are the "Dog Days of Summer?"
Start with 3 letter name for a body part that attaches at the shoulder. _____ _____ _____
Add 1 letter to make where one might raise crops and animals. _____ _____ _____ _____
What is arm and farm?
The suns light takes 8 minutes to reach earth.
True.
This novel by William Faulkner features a powerful tree that embodies the spirit of the South.
What is "The Sound and the Fury"?
Fire ____________ Pilot
Fighter
This well-visited monument on the banks of the Seine actually gets larger during the hot summer months.
What is the Eiffel Tower? The iron in the monument actually swells during the hot summer months sometimes as much as 2 inches!
start with 3 letter word that means to touch quickly and gently several times with the flat of your hand.
_____ _____ _____
Add 1 letter to make a word that means walking trail. _____ _____ _____ _____
What is pat and path?
Every second the sun emits more energy than humans have used in the last 10,000 years.
True.
There are how many trees on Planet Earth? (Approximately)
A. 95 billion trees
B. 500 billion trees
C. 3 trillion trees
The answer is 3 trillion trees. But we need more. Each year we cut down 15 billion trees on the planet.