About Autumn
Autumn Animals
Autumn Facts
Autumn Word Scramble
True or False
50
What are these? They are a type of nuts.
A. Almonds B. Chestnuts C. Hazelnuts
Chestnuts
50
What color does the arctic fox turn in autumn?
A. Red
B. White
C. Black
Arctic fox fur turns white in autumn. This is because it helps them hide in the snow in winter.
50
The largest pumpkin pie ever weighed nearly ____ pounds.
A. 3,700
B. 2,500
C. 1,000
A. 3,700
According to Guinness World Records, the pie measured 20 feet in diameter, weighed 3,699 pounds, and required 440 sheets of dough. It was made by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio in September 2010.
50
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Leaves
50
Babies born during the fall are the most active.
True or False
True!
Drawing on a massive study from Bristol University on the health development of more than 14,000 children born during the 1990s, researchers reported in the British Medical Journal that children delivered in the autumn and winter months were nine percent more active than the average.
100
What are these?
A. Brazil nuts B. Coconut C. Acorns
Acorns
100
The heaviest black bear ever weighed roughly ____ pounds.
A. 900
B. 1000
C. 1200
A. 900 lbs
100
______ forget about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Squirrels
B. Ants
C. Rabbits
A. Squirrels
Throughout the fall, squirrels spend their days collecting and "caching" nuts, meaning they hide the tasty treasures away in spots where they hope to find them later. One 1998 study by the University of Richmond found that squirrels fail to recover up to 74 percent of the nuts they bury, which is likely responsible for oak forest regeneration. Thanks, forgetful squirrels!
100
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squirrel
100
Babies born in the fall are more likely to live to 100.
True!
If you were born in the fall, you have a better chance of celebrating your 100th birthday than those who were born in any other season.
150
Name a fruit that many people pick in autumn.
Many people pick apples in autumn, the time of year when they are fully ripe.
150
Woodchucks and box turtles sleep during winter, so they must get ready for this during autumn. When an animal sleeps all winter, we say that it _______.
A. migrates
B. hibernates
C. hypnosis
When an animal sleeps all winter, we say that it hibernates.
150
Americans buy enough candy during Halloween week to fill six ____.
A. Titanics
B. Foorbal Fields
C. Grocery Stores
A. Titanics
On Halloween, we spend an estimated $9 billion on it. In fact, according to Vox, "If you took all the candy that's sold during Halloween week and turned it into a giant ball … it'd be as large as six Titanics and weigh 300,000 tons."
150
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October
150
There are more babies born in September than any other month.
True or False
True!
Specifically, September 9th is the most common birthday for those born between 1994 and 2014. For people born between 1973 and 1999, the most common birthday is September 16th, according to The New York Times.
200
What is the name of this leaf?
A. Maple B. Pine C. Water oak
Maple leaf
200
Some animals ________ in fall. For example, Canada geese fly where it is warmer.
A. Migrate
B. Sleep
C. Collect food
Some animals migrate in fall/ autumn.
200
The smell of the first rain of the season has a name.
A. Petrichor
B. Monsoon
C. First Fall
A. Petrichor
Petrichor is "a distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period and that arises from a combination of volatile plant oils and geosmin released from the soil into the air and by ozone carried by downdrafts.
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acorn
200
There's a distinct "fall" scent that you can only smell in certain months.
True or False
True!
According to meteorologist Matthew Cappucci, the smell is partially due to the leaves. "When the leaves fall, they die," he wrote for The Washington Post. "As they take their last breath, they 'exhale' all sorts of gases." Cappucci says those gasses smell "a bit like chlorine or the exhaust of a dryer vent."
250
What animal is this?
It is a hare.
250
How do deer prepare for winter?
A. Grow thick coats
B. Eat a lot of food.
C. Prepare Shelter
Deer grow thick coats to keep warm during winter.
250
There's a word for the sound of rustling leaves, too.
A. Psithurism
B. Praire
C. bract
A. Psithurism
The sound of leaves and trees rustling in the wind is one of the most satisfying noises of the season. And the next time you hear it, you'll know it has a name: psithurism, which comes from the Greek word psithuros, meaning whispering (the s is silent).
250
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Autumn
250
True or false. People who live on the equator or central area of the planet, never experience autumn.
True.