Arctic Animals
A large herbivorous mammal, has hooves, travels in groups, and wears large antlers.
What is a reindeer?
This winter sport has special shoes to get rid of friction (heat energy made when rubbing) on ice. It also has some dancing involved.
What is ice/figure skating?
An activity where a person slides down a snowy hill on a special object.
This is what Groundhogs/Whistlepigs/Woodchucks do to survive winter.
What is Adapt - Hibernate?
A winter bird that you might see frequently.
What is a chickadee, cardinal, junco, blue jay, woodpecker, owl, goose, duck, eagle, hawk, etc.
A huge carnivorous mammal with white fur, small tail, blubber, sharp claws and has 4 legs.
What is a polar bear?
Similar to figure skating, but teams compete to try to score a goal with a puck.
What is hockey?
An activity where a person attaches an extension to their foot to travel through the snow.
What is snowshoeing?
This is what many birds and butterflies do in order to survive winter.
What is migrate?
A tree that keeps it's foliage during the winter.
What is a juniper, pine, spruce, fir, or cedar?
A carnivorous mammal, swims using flippers, has lots of blubber, and a long horn.
What is a narwhal?
A sport where a team sits inside a sled that slides on an ice track and competes for fastest time?
What is bobsledding?
What is skiing?
This is what many insects do in order to survive winter?
What is die?
What is salt?
A large carnivorous mammal that travels in packs, has toes, and has a distinctive call.
What is a wolf?
This is something Big Hill Park used to feature. This sport has a large hill that a competitor will slide down on special foot devices and launch into the air to see how far they land.
An activity where a person rolls winter precipitation into spheres and stacks them to create a figure.
What is making a snowman?
This is what bears, squirrels, and some birds do to survive winter. This is similar to a small winter nap.
What is Adapt- Torpor?
Freezing temperature for water.
32 degrees.
A large carnivorous mammal, swims using flippers, has whiskers, and lots of blubber.
What is a walrus?
A competitive team sport where one person slides a rock along ice to aim for a target. Other members of the team may use special brooms to move the rock.
What is curling?
An activity where people attack eachother with spheres of coldness.
This is what many animals do that we see active in Wisconsin during the winter. They may store fat, puff their feathers, create burrows, etc.
What is Adapt?
These critters burrow in mud and freeze completely during the winter, and thaw in the spring.
What is a turtle or frog?