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Nature worksheets (printable)

Free printable Nature worksheets for kids: crossword, word search and more, built from 43 English words with clues (e.g. forest, river, mountain, lake).

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Printable worksheets on β€œNature”

Word list

Ages 6-8

  • forest β€” Home to deer, foxes and owls among tall trunks
  • river β€” Flows through the land
  • mountain β€” Much higher than a hill, sometimes with snow on top
  • lake β€” A large body of water
  • meadow β€” An open grassy field where cows graze
  • flower β€” Colorful, grows in a garden
  • tree β€” A tall plant with a thick trunk
  • leaf β€” Green and flat; it turns yellow and drops in the fall
  • bird β€” Has wings and flies
  • fish β€” Lives in water
  • stone β€” Hard, lies on the ground
  • sand β€” Loose grains found by the water
  • insect β€” Small, has six legs
  • pond β€” A small body of water
  • root β€” The part of a plant under the ground
  • bush β€” A low, thick plant with many twigs
  • mushroom β€” It has a cap and a stem; some kinds are poisonous
  • acorn β€” A small brown nut with a little cap, gathered in the fall
  • branch β€” A thick arm growing out of a trunk
  • island β€” Land surrounded by water
  • wave β€” It rolls across the sea
  • oak β€” Mighty, with hard wood; it can live for hundreds of years
  • sky β€” It's high above us: blue by day, dark at night

Ages 9-12

  • waterfall β€” A river pouring over the edge of a cliff
  • cave β€” A natural hollow in a rock
  • volcano β€” A mountain that erupts lava
  • desert β€” A dry area covered in sand
  • jungle β€” A dense tropical forest
  • reef β€” An underwater structure made of coral
  • dusk β€” The time between day and night
  • dawn β€” The first pale light of morning
  • moon β€” Shines in the night sky
  • ocean β€” The largest body of salt water
  • savanna β€” A grassy area with scattered trees in Africa
  • glacier β€” A huge, slow-moving mass of ice
  • ecosystem β€” Plants and animals living together in one place
  • spring β€” A place where water flows up from underground
  • landscape β€” The view of an area from above or from afar
  • hill β€” A small mountain
  • valley β€” Low land between mountains
  • stream β€” A small, shallow river in the woods
  • sunset β€” When the evening sky turns orange as the day ends
  • sunrise β€” When a golden ball appears over the horizon in the morning