Sports
Known as one of Canada's national sports, this game used to be played with cow patties.
What is hockey?
This common saying warns about consuming oddly coloured snow.
What is 'Don't eat yellow snow'?
This season makes it easy to find animal tracks.
What is winter?
If lost, this should be your first priority to protect you from the elements.
What is build a shelter?
'Fat Bear Week' celebrates bears gaining weight in preparation for this winter survival strategy.
What is hibernation?
This sports uses terms such as lutz, axel, and salchow.
What is figure skating?
This is the most common medical condition during the winter.
What is hypothermia?
This animal's tracks are almost as noticeable as their white tails.
What is white-tailed deer?
This saying is used by police departments to remind people about the dangers of winter activities on frozen lakes and rivers.
What is 'No Ice is Safe Ice'?
This animal changes colour in winter to increase their ability to camouflage.
What is snowshoe hare?
Jamaica made a surprising debut in this sport at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
What is Bobsleigh?
If your fingers and nose start turning numb, hard, and pale, you might be experiencing this.
What is frostbite?
These animals leave scat that look like little M&Ms (but please don't try to taste them).
The boughs of these types of trees are the best for shelter building.
What is coniferous?
Bull moose will loose these before the winter in order to conserve their energy.
What are antlers?
With 5 Olympic medals in total, this ice dance partner of Scott Moir is now a spokesperson for Nivea.
Who is Tessa Virtue?
This temporary condition is reduced by wearing sunglasses on a sunny winter day.
What is snowblindness?
This animal is known to have front paws that leave tracks that look similar to a human hand.
What is a racoon?
This is a snow shelter that is made from a large pile of loose snow which is shaped then hollowed.
What is a Quinzhee?
This animal has translucent hairs all over its body that conserve heat in the cold and sunless winters.
What is polar bear?
This Alaskan event requires at least 16 dogs to start and at least 6 to finish.
What is the Iditarod?
Many people suffer from this in the winter because the sun is further away and they don't think they will be effective.
What is a sunburn?
The opposite of digigrade, this term is used for animals that stand on their heels.
What is plantigrade?
You should melt snow if you need water during the winter to prevent _______.
What is dropping your core temperature?
Large masses of this animal, that Scouter Heather hates, gather underground during the winter.
What is garter snake?