What is winter anyway?
What is winter?
This type of tree keeps its leaves year round, carrying out photosynthesis even in the winter
What is an evergreen?
Snow is made of this
What is frozen precipitation?
The term for the fluffy stuff inside your winter jacket (or the under fur of a mammal)
What is insulation?
This is the cause of cold winters
What is the Earth's tilt?
Some large animals, like black bears, survive the winter by doing this
What is hibernating?
Snow crystals have this type of symmetry
What is six-fold symmetry?
This measures how far north or south of the equator you are
What is latitude?
This month the Earth is CLOSEST to the sun
What is January?
Worker bumblebees do this during the winter in Maine
What is die?
When the character of snow changes over time we call it this
What is age hardening?
What is winterkill?
This is term for the time when Earth is farthest away from the sun
What is aphelion?
This behavior is seen by deer when snows are deep
What is yarding up?
This type of snowflake forms long thin, spaghetti like shapes
What are needles?
Many insects undergo this in the spring, after over wintering as a caterpillar or pupa
What is metamorphosis?
This is the date of winter solstice in 2025
This biological antifreeze keeps wooly bears from freezing during the winter
What is glycol?
This type of snow flake is probably considered the most beautiful and fanciest
What is the dendrite?
This type of heat loss is due to the movement of air
What is convective heat loss (convection)?