Let's take this winter weather word quiz together!

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• When the snowfall is significant but not quite blizzard-level, what do you call it?

  • Skift

  • Sleet

  • Onding

  • Flurry

• Do you know what a cryophile is?

  • A species that can survive in cold climates

  • A tool for thawing out frozen locks

  • A kind of desert plant that blooms in January

  • A person who cries in the cold

• When did people start using the word deice?

  • Fruit ices were extremely popular in Paris in 1676

  • The first satellite was sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957

  • Robert Edwin Peary's crew was the first to reach the North Pole in 1909

  • 1934, which was not long after the first jet engine was made

• Which of these terms describes a wind-formed wavelike ridge of firm snow?

  • Nemesis

  • Sastruga

  • Carpaccio

  • Gondola

• Which of these words conveys "of or relating to winter"?

  • Estival

  • Vernal

  • Autumnal

  • Hiemal

• Do you know what a pogonip is?

  • A kind of wine

  • A legendary creature that eats only snow

  • A dense winter fog containing frozen particles

  • An unusually intense snowfall that typically occurs after winter

• A synonym for "a person who travels to a warm and sunny location, especially during the winter" is:

  • Sunseeker

  • Gull

  • Gudgeon

  • Gulpin

• What do you most want to do when there is corn snow?

  • Grab your skis

  • Grab your keys

  • Grab your ice pick

  • Grab your candy

• Which of these adjectives describes ice that is so thin and bendy and it can be ran over?

  • Pince-nez

  • Kittly-benders

  • Spindrift

  • Duvet

• Which of these terms describes ice that forms in crevices or on the surface of puddles of other ice?

  • Cerise

  • Tortoni

  • Pomade

  • Glimmer

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