Snow
What color is a snow flower?
Red
Which winter holidays involves leaving out milk and cookies for a jolly man that says "Ho ho ho."
Christmas
Reindeers' noses are always ____ so they can survive extreme cold.
Warm
What color are christmas trees?
Green
What is snow made of?
Water.
How tall was the worlds largest snowman?
122 feet 1 inch
Which winter holiday is always celebrated on January 1st?
New Years
Name a place that reindeer live.
The northernmost parts of the world.
Name one of the states that produces most of the christmas trees.
Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington.
T/F The Earth is farthest from the sun during winter.
False, the Earth is actually the closest to the sun during winter.
Snow only makes noise when it is about to _____
Melt.
Which winter holiday do people celebrate for 8 whole days?
Hanukkah.
T/F Both male and female reindeer grow antlers.
True
When did people in the United States start using christmas trees?
1860s
What is the difference between hail and freezing rain?
Hail is large chunks of ice and freezing rain is water that freezes as soon as it lands.
What is the name of the shape all snowflakes are?
Hexagon
Which winter holiday do people dress in special clothes, decorate their homes with fruits and vegetables, and light a candle holder called a kinara?
Kwanzaa
In some places of North America, reindeer are also called _____.
Caribou
When people first started decorating their trees, what did they use to decorate it?
Food
What is the coldest temperature ever recorded on earth?
-128 degrees
Which other planet in our solar system have scientists seen snow fall?
Venus
What is the winter holiday that is also the shortest day of the year?
Winter Solstice.
The name "reindeer" comes from the Norse word "hreinn," which means what?
Deer
About how many christmas trees are sold in the US each year?
25–30 million
T/F 1 inch of rain is equal to 10 inches of snow.
True