Cold Hard Facts

Winter months in the _______ hemisphere are December, January, and February.

• northern
• southern
• eastern
• western

Winter months in the _______ hemisphere are June, July, and August.

• northern
• southern
• eastern
• western

At _____ degrees Celsius, condensation from your breath can freeze

• -40
• -10
• 0
• 10

Monarch butterflies migrate to avoid cold weather.  They arrive at a very specific location in ______ in November.

• Mexico
• Brazil
• Bahamas
• Cuba

it is a blizzard when sustained winds of ___ mph or greater last for 3 hours or more, and visibility is reduced by falling snow to less than 1/4 mile.

• 35
• 20
• 30
• 40

True or False:
No two snowflakes are the same.

• True
• False

The biggest snowball fight was in ________.  More than 7,600 people threw snowballs on January 31, 2016

• Saskatoon
• Whitehorse
• Iqaluit
• North Pole

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada was in Snag, Yukon at _____ degrees Celsius.

• -63
• -47
• -54
• -58

The greatest single-day snowfall in Canada was in Tahtsa, BC.  _____ cm of snow fell.

• 145
• 99
• 89
• 70

True or False
It can be more than 35 degrees Celsius inside an igloo.

• True
• False