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Animals Word Search

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Find these words

PREDATORWILDLIFEINSTINCTREPTILEHABITATSPECIESMIGRATEFEATHERMAMMALBURROWHERD

Animals Word Search, free printable PDF preview

Ask most people for animal words and you get an inventory: lion, tiger, bear. This grid goes the other direction and names what animals actually do. MIGRATE. BURROW. HERD. The creatures are all still in there, just described by their behaviour rather than their names.

Word find. Word search. The grid above answers to both and hides 11 animals words.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a species and a habitat?

A species is one particular kind of animal, while a habitat is the surroundings that kind of animal needs in order to survive.

Why are there no actual animal names in the grid?

Leaving the names out shifts the focus onto behaviour and biology, which gives the puzzle a little more to teach than a roll call would.

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