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100

a competitive sport of ice skating in patterns or 'figures' and choreographed free skating.

What is Figure Skating?

100

Temperature that is at the freezing point. 

What is 0 degrees Celsius?

100

You’d better make him quickly
When there’s white stuff on the ground
Because he disappears
When the sun’s heat comes around

What is a snowman?

100

This type of knitted hat, that keeps your face warm, is called this


What is a Balaclava?

100

Disney movie in which a princess, the elder of two sisters, has the power to create and manipulate snow and ice.


What is 'Frozen'?


100

People who fly south for the winter are often called 

What are 'snow birds'?

200

 winter sport that evolved from skateboarding and surfing


What is snowboarding?

200

"a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility" or an ice cream treat at Dairy Queen. 

What is a blizzard?

200

This activity looks like you're doing jumping jacks laying in the snow.

What is making snow angels?

200

If you spend too much time outside and your skin freezes, you might get this 

What is Frost bite?

200

This snowman "came to life one day"

What is 'Frosty the Snowman'

200
  • Millions of these fly to Mexico for the winter. 

What are monarch butterflies?

They are the only insect that migrates to a warmer climate that is 2,500 miles away each year. 

300

 competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.

what is speed skating?

300

Best type of snow to make a snowman 

What is packing snow?

300

When making a snowman you start off with this. Fun for throwing..

What is a snowball?

300

the condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state.

grizzly bear gorge on seeds to prepare for this

What is hibernation?

300

Movie about a boy left home at Christmas 

What is 'Home Alone'?

300

 A famous winter festival that takes place in New Orleans?

What is Mardi Gras?

400

 looks like the players are sweeping the ice 

What is curling?

400

when it's raining and the temperature drops below 0 degrees celsius, you might get this 

What is freezing rain?

400

catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water.

What is Ice fishing?

400

The last day of winter 

What is March 20th?

400

In this movie, our hero Mumble is the worst singer in the world, but he can tap dance brilliantly.

What is 'Happy Feet'?

400

This Country hosted the 2018 Winter Games

What is South Korea?

500

similar to dirt biking, riders follow a track. Except rather than dirt the terrain is covered in snow. 

What is Snowmobiling? 

500

This type of road sign has this meaning 

What is 'Caution-road may be slippery at freezing point'

500

When everything is blanketed in thick snow you’d usually rule out hiking unless you have these to trek through the white stuff

What are Snowshoes?

500

How many sides does a snow flake have 

What is 6 sides?

a typical snowflake, also called a Dendrite, has six sides/points. 

500

this movie is about a dad who comes back to visit his son as a snowman

What is 'Jack Frost'?
500

The earth is the closest to the sun in this month

What is December?

Though it might seem unlikely, the Earth’s orbit typically brings it the closest to the sun during the coldest period of the year. Our cold weather comes from the decreased sunlight.

600

an ancient practice that relies on energetic packs of huskies to pull sleds through wintry landscapes.


What is Dog Sledding?

Dog Sledding is thought to originate in Alaska. 

Today, dog sled racing is a popular sport in the Arctic regions of America and Europe, in which teams of sled dogs compete in pulling their ‘musher’ (dog driver) the fastest.

600

a blizzard or squall that reduces visibility to near zero

What is a 'Whiteout'?

600

 the act of forming figures with tools, using Ice as the raw material.

What is ice sculpting? 

600

 the shortest day of the year is often called this


What is Winter solstice?

The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.

600
This story takes place in a prehistoric world, covered with snow and ice. To stay alive, a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, begin migrating south .





What is 'Ice Age'?

600

an ancient stone monument that is aligned with the winter solstice sunset

What is Stonehenge?

700

The movie, "Cool Runnings" showcased this fast paced sport where the riders speed down a icy track 

What is Bobsledding?

700

What it's called when rain is mixed with snow.

What is Sleet?

700

In Finland, you can stay in glass igloos during winter to watch these

What are the Northern Lights

700

 Geese (and many other migrating birds) fly in this formation to conserve energy

What is a 'V' formation?

When birds fly in this formation, it decreases the wind resistance, meaning they can fly for much longer before stopping to rest. It also makes it easier to keep track of each other in the group!

700

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

What is: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'?

700

 Chionophobia is an irrational fear of what

(Ke-on-oh-phobia)

What is snow?

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