Across
- 3. Where photosynthesis takes place in plants.
- 5. The first day of autumn, after which we get more darkness than daylight.
- 9. When animals limit their activity in the winter to save energy.
- 10. When the length of night and day are equal in a 24 hour period.
- 12. Trees that lose their foliage in the winter
Down
- 1. This happens in leaves when the chlorophyll breaks down from shorter days.
- 2. The end of summer in Alaska is marked by this
- 4. The process plants use to store energy from the sun.
- 6. The first day of winter, which is also the shortest day of the year.
- 7. Trees that keep their foliage in the winter
- 8. A Shoshone word for frozen fog, meaning white death.
- 11. It happens each year in Anchorage between 9/20 and 9/30.