In the sky
Zodiac sign that runs from December 21st to January 19th.
What is Capricorn?
The fluid in a human brain can actually freeze at this point.
What is -40oF (-400C)?
The Winter Olympics lasts for this many days
What is 16?
Chionophobia is the extreme fear or dislike of what type of weather?
What is snow?
The color of snow is not white but actually ______.
What is clear?
Since snow is made up of ice crystals, light bounces off of the crystals and reflects back to our eyes as white.
Zodiac sign that runs from January 19th to February 19th.
What is Aquarius?
The snowiest city on Earth is located in this Asian island country.
Where is Japan?
Aomori City in northern Japan is the snowiest city on Earth, with it receiving about 26 feet or 5 meters of snow per year.
True or false: No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted a Winter Olympics.
What is true?
True or false: No two snowflakes are alike
What is false?
During a snowstorm in 1988, a scientist from Wisconsin named Nancy Knight found two identical snowflakes.
The snowmobile was invented in this cold and snowy country.
Where is Canada?
Zodiac sign that runs from November 23rd to December 21st
What is Sagittarius?
The sun rises and sets in Antarctica this many times a year.
What is one?
It is also called midnight sun and is a natural phenomenon where the sun remains visible at midnight, and happens during the summer months.
True or false: No person has ever won both a gold medal in the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics.
What is false?
Eddie Eagan was an American boxer who won gold in the light-heavyweight boxing event in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Twelve years later he was a part of a four-man bobsledding team that won gold at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
True or false: One single snowflake can hold up to 180 billion molecules
What is true?
The largest snowflake ever found was found during a snowstorm in Montana in 1887 and was _____ inches wide, or the size of a dinner plate. (Choose: 16, 23, or 38)
What is 38?
Other than Earth, snowfall has been observed on these celestial bodies. (Name at least one)
What is... Mars, Pluto, Enceladus and Mimas (Saturn's moons), Triton (Neptune’s largest moon), Io and Europa (Jupiter’s moons), Earth’s moon, Mercury.
This tree always has its leaves during the winter.
What are evergreen trees?
Evergreen trees keep their needles on during the winter and shed them in the spring while also growing new needles.
The first Winter Olympics was held between January 25 through February 5 in this well known European country.
Where is France?
The very first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
All snowflakes have this many sides.
What is six?
The water crystals that make up the snowflakes can only fit in a way that makes the snowflake six-sided.
The tallest snowman ever stood at over ______ feet tall. (Choose 120, 70, or 95)
What is 120 feet?
That’s only a few feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty! Residents of Bethel, Maine made the largest snowman ever in 2008 that weighed 13 million pounds. It had eyelashes that were made from eight pairs of skis, and an eight foot long nose made from chicken wire and painted cheesecloth.
On this planet in our solar system, the winter side of this planet doesn't see the sun for 21 years.
What is Uranus?
Icicles form most often on this side of a building. (north, east, south, west)
What is south?
This country has won the greatest amount of medals throughout the Winter Olympics history.
Where is Norway?
Norway is the most successful country of all time since the first Winter Olympics in 1924. They have 368 medals consisting of 132 gold medals, 125 silver medals, and 111 bronze medals.
Fresh snow is composed of about ____% air?
What is 80%?
The Earth has experienced at least this many ice ages so far.
What is five?