On this holiday, nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal.
What is Christmas?
Some animals do this in the winter to conserve resources when food is scarce.
What is hibernate?
Spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes
What are icicles?
The winter activity that involves hitting people with cold, white spheres.
What is a Snowball fight?
What sport does Mrs. L's daughter play?
Ringette
This holiday celebrates the beginning of a new year.
What is New Years Eve?
This animal looks like it is wearing a tuxedo or suit.
What is a penguin?
The number of points a snowflake has.
What is 6?
This winter activity involves sliding on the ice wearing special shoes that have blades.
What is ice skating?
Plants that stop growing or are inactive in the winter are?
Dormant
The holiday that celebrates love.
What is Valentine's Day?
What happens to the arctic fox in winter if it spends a lot of time in the snow.
What is, its fur turns white?
A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
What you create when you lie on a snowy surface and flap your arms and legs.
What is a snow angel?
What type of tree stays green all winter?
Evergreen
Name a holiday movie.
What is ______?
Squirrel found solely in the North America. It can lower its body temp to below freezing during hibernation!
What is an arctic squirrel?
Condition when it is snowing so much one cannot distinguish the ground from the sky.
What is a white-out?
This activity involves a sled pulled by one or more dogs used to travel over ice and through snow.
What is Dog sledding?
Name 3 things you need to go on a winter walk.
Tuque, mitts, coat, snow pants, boots...
The month in which winter ends in the Northern Hemisphere
What is March?
A way for an animal to not be seen by changing its colour to match its surroundings.
Camouflage
At this temperature it is cold enough for snow to form in the atmosphere.
What is 32 deg. (F, or 0 C)
Sport of sliding down snow-covered hills
What is sledding or tobogganing?
What does temperature measure?
How hot or cold it is.
Marks the moment in time when the Old Sun dies and when the Sun of the New Year is born (shortest day)
What is the Winter Solstice?
The movement of animals from one place to another at certain times of the year.
What is migration?
A dangerous condition when skin, especially hands and feet, gets so cold it could be damaged.
What is frostbite?
Activity involving walking over snow with the assistance of a type of outer footwear that features a wide frame to distribute the weight of the person over a larger area.
What is snow shoeing?
Winter is one of the 4?
Seasons
The animal we watch on February 2nd to see if it sees its shadow.
What is a Groundhog?
A large, powerful owl of the high Arctic tundra, colored for camouflage during northern winters.
What is a snowy owl?
A dangerous condition in which the body's temperature is abnormally low.
What is hypothermia?
Rolling big balls of snow and stacking them on top of each other
What is building a snowman?
What happened to Bob?
He was buried in a snow bank.