Temperature
True or False. A fan does not cool down a room.
What are 6 sides?
This is the most popular winter sport in the US.
What is skiing?
This is the coldest place on Earth.
What is Antarctica?
This is why birds migrate to different places during the winter.
What is to find food? Not to escape the cold.
The first day of winter is called this.
What is the winter solstice?
Roughly, 13 inches of rain equal this much snow.
What is an inch?
The name of the dogsled race from Anchorage to Nome in Alaska.
What is the Iditarod?
Snow isn't really white, its translucent. This is why it appears so.
Why is because light reflects off the many surfaces?
A group of this cold weather animal are called an aurora or a celebration.
What are polar bears?
Most of the 1500 people in the water died of hypothermia rather than drowning from the Titanic. This is what the temperature of the water was in Fahrenheit on that fated night.
A) 50° B) 28° C) 12° D) 34°
What is B) 28°?
Contrary to your expectations, the Earth is closest to the sun during this month.
What is January? Seasons are due to axial tilt, so during the Northern Hemisphere's winter we are simply tilted away from the sun.
This country held the very first winter Olympics in 1924.
What is France?
What is 40° - 60° ?
A Chionophile (pronounced ky-on-o-file) is any organism, including animals, plants, or even people, that due to adaptations are able to do this.
What is thrive in winter?
What is 70°?
This famous groundhog predicts how much winter we have left on February 2nd.
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?
This country has the most medals in the winter olympics.
What is Norway?
The word winter originates from this language meaning time of water or wet time.
What is German?
Of course penguins live in Antarctica, but name 2 other places where there are also penguins.
What are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, Peru, and the Galapagos Islands?
This is the temperature in Fahrenheit that water boils.
What is 212° ?
In Siberia the snow sometimes appears orange. This is the cause.
What are dust storms?
This figure skating jump takes off from one foot and lands on the other.
What is the axel?
There are 3 characteristics needed to classify a storm as a blizzard. Give me at least 2.
What are at least 35mph winds, less than a 1/4 mile visibility and lasts for 3 hours.
Animals such as woodchucks, bats, and chipmunks enter what is called true hibernation. This is different than what bears do. There are three traits that distinguish true hibernation, and torpor (lighter sleep) which bears do. Name 2 of the 3 factors.
What are lowers body heat (from 95° to near freezing), slows heart rate (to 4-5 beats per minute), and breathing slower (less than one breath per minute)?