The Basics
How many seasons are there in a year?
4 seasons
In what season does nature seem to come alive?
Spring
When birds fly south it is called________?
Hibernation
The earth's shape is a ________?
Sphere
What are the 4 seasons?
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall or Autumn
In which season do living things become more quiet and still?
Winter
When animals go to sleep for the winter it is called_______?
Hibernation
It takes _____ days for the earth to orbit completely around the sun.
365
What causes the changing of the seasons? Earth's _____ and ____ around the sun.
tilt and orbit
In which season do plants and animals grow larger?
Summer
Digging deep down into the ground or a hole is called ____________.
Burrowing
The earth gets warmer in spring and seeds of plants begin to_______.
Sprout
Earth is divided by the __________.
Equator
In which season do the seeds of mature (fully grown) plants ripen and fall to the ground?
Fall or Autumn
___________ is when something has dried up and gotten smaller.
Shriveled
This means not actively growing.
Dormant
The equator divides the earth, which creates two hemispheres called the ___________ and the ____________ hemispheres.
Northern and Southern
How many months long is each season?
3
When a fruit or vegetable becomes ready to eat is is _______.
Ripe/ripened
This is what it's called when farmers pick their ripened crops.
Harvest