First Day of Winter Crossword

3. In Antarctica, giant snow formation called ___ form from monstrous snow crystals that are up to .75 inches across.
4. On average, every twelve cm of snow is equivalent to ___ cm of water.
6. The best snow for building snowmen is called ___.
8. Winter ENDS on the ___ ___.
9. The world's largest ___ was reported to have been 15 inches across and 8 inches thick.
12. Each winter at least one ___ snowflakes hit the Earth.
15. Winter in the N. Hemisphere is when Earth is _____ to the Sun.
16. What trees and plants are not doing in the winter.
17. Winds must be over 35 mph in this winter storm.
19. One of the Olympic winter sports that uses a sled to go sown an ice track.

1. A mass of snow, ice and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.
2. Winter begins on the 21st or 22nd day also known as ___.
5. Seattle was the place of the largest ____ ____ in history with over 5800 participants
7. Despite appearances, snow is actually NOT _____.
10. US city in which no snow has ever been recorded.
11. ___ is the combination of wind and temperature, and is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin.
13. State that holds the record for most snow to fall in a single calendar day.
14. In Anglo Saxon cultures, winters were used to define ___.
18. These snow structures can be over 100 degrees warmer inside than out.
19. Drops of rain that freeze into small, translucent balls of ice is called ___.