Spring Science
The one day of the year when the sun is over the equator for the northern hemisphere and marks the beginning of spring.
What is the Vernal Equinox?
Fill in the blanks: ____ showers bring _____ flowers.
What are April and May?
The region on Earth that produces 20% of the planet’s oxygen.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
These were a gift from Japan and bloom in Washington, DC in the spring.
What are cherry blossoms?
The term for a young deer.
What is a fawn?
This type of plant comes back every year after planting.
What are Perennials?
Complete the following saying: "Don't put all your eggs..."
What is "in one basket"?
The world’s largest source of renewable energy.
The name of the Greek goddess of spring.
What is Persephone?
The world’s largest species of bumblebees live on this continent.
What is South America?
The fine spores born by an anther in a flowering plant.
What is pollen?
If in the autumn we "Fall back," we do this in the spring with daylight savings time.
What is "spring forward"?
The first Earth Day eventually led to the creation of this government agency.
What is The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
True or false: Children grow faster during spring.
What is false?
The rabbit in Alice Through the Looking Glass is this color.
What is white?
The nickname given to the tallest tree in North America.
What is Hyperion?
According to the famous saying, March comes in like a lion but goes out like this.
What is lamb?
This president created the EPA.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This founding father was the first to propose daylight savings.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This sly species lives on every continent except Antartica.
What is a fox?
The most common type of tree in North America.
What is the Red Maple?
Complete the song lyrics: "You make me feel so ______. You make me feel so Spring has sprung."
What is "young"?
This brand was the first to turn plastic waste into clothing.
What is Patagonia?
Spring was called by this name in Old English.
What is Lent?
The most poisonous animal in the world, named ‘golden poison’, is a member of this species.
What is a frog?