Printable Nature Crosswords

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Plants & Trees

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  1. 2. Main vertical stalk of a blooming flower
  2. 5. The collective leafy parts of a plant or forest
  3. 6. Evergreen tree that produces needles and cones

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  1. 1. Flat green part that grows from a plant stalk
  2. 2. Very young tree that has recently sprouted
  3. 3. Large woodland tree that drops hard acorns
  4. 4. Colorful outer part of a blooming blossom

Birds

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  1. 3. Wading bird with long legs and a long neck
  2. 5. Tall fast-running flightless bird from Africa
  3. 7. Large wading bird from folklore said to deliver babies

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  1. 1. Structure built by birds to lay their eggs
  2. 2. Red-breasted bird often seen in spring
  3. 4. Large waterbird with a honking call
  4. 6. Bird of prey with excellent eyesight for hunting

National Parks

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  1. 1. Folded paper showing paths and roads
  2. 5. Pointy top of a mountain
  3. 6. Large member of the deer family
  4. 7. Tall forest plant with a wooden trunk

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  1. 2. Evergreen tree with sticky sap and needles
  2. 3. Long walk on a nature path
  3. 4. Large inland body of water
  4. 5. Protected area of natural land

National Parks

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  1. 2. The high one that dominates the horizon
  2. 6. Ankle bone or a pile of rocky debris
  3. 8. Cave jewelry formed drop by drop
  4. 10. A piece of land surrounded by water like Royale
  5. 11. A deep blue lake in a fallen summit

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  1. 1. Natural bridges that would make a cobbler proud
  2. 3. A grassy river that flows forever
  3. 4. Soluble landscape full of sinkholes and caves
  4. 5. A sunken pot where the mountain used to be
  5. 7. A tree that stays sharp all winter
  6. 9. A utopia of red sandstone and narrow slots

Weather & Climate

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  1. 2. Treeless biome where the ground refuses to thaw
  2. 4. Ice from above used to greet a king
  3. 7. A hole in one means trouble for this atmospheric shield
  4. 9. A sharp remark from the morning grass?
  5. 10. Dirty urban cousin of the coastal fog
  6. 11. Leading edge of a meteorological battle

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  1. 1. Failed to catch the fog?
  2. 3. Measure of snow's ability to bounce light back
  3. 4. Invisible mugger in the deep summer?
  4. 5. The effect that gives hurricanes their signature spin
  5. 6. Polar plunge's central spinning core
  6. 8. Rising air current that gives gliders a free lift

Weather & Climate

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  1. 3. Clashing boundary between warm and cold air masses
  2. 5. Sudden, violent windstorm over water
  3. 8. Layer where almost all weather phenomena occur
  4. 11. Tube left outside to measure rainfall
  5. 12. Jack's chilly morning signature on the grass
  6. 13. Forceful wind that might snap an umbrella

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  1. 1. What you expect over years, as opposed to what you get today
  2. 2. Imaginary line with consistently hot conditions
  3. 4. Acoustic shockwave following a strike
  4. 6. Illuminating precursor to a loud boom
  5. 7. Funnel-shaped destructive force
  6. 9. Morning moisture clinging to spiderwebs
  7. 10. Ice balls falling during a severe thunderstorm

Weather & Climate

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  1. 1. The dramatic sound following a bright strike.
  2. 3. Ice balls that can fall from summer thunderstorms.
  3. 5. Advancing edge of a cold or warm air mass.
  4. 6. Nature's high-voltage electrical discharge.
  5. 9. Liquid sunshine.
  6. 11. Destructive twister famous in a certain US alley.

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  1. 2. A farmer's prolonged dry worry.
  2. 3. Eye-centered Atlantic threat.
  3. 4. What often makes the summer heat feel much worse.
  4. 7. Chilly morning coating on the grass.
  5. 8. Flaky precipitation that builds drifts.
  6. 10. A thick cloud that decides to touch the ground.

Insects

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  1. 1. Simple light-detecting organs on a bug's forehead often called little eyes
  2. 4. Social worker that sounds exactly like a parent's sister
  3. 5. Cannibalistic bride with a famously devout foreleg stance
  4. 9. Heavy earthmoving machinery brand, or a voracious fuzzy crawler
  5. 10. Armored scarab that sounds remarkably like a classic British rock legend
  6. 11. Botanical vampire farmed and milked by colonies for sweet honeydew
  7. 12. Tiny jumping acrobat famously responsible for carrying the bubonic plague
  8. 13. Hexagon builder known for a complex waggle dance

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  1. 2. Developmental phase between shedding skins that sounds like a social media prefix
  2. 3. Voracious grubby youngster waiting to undergo a miraculous makeover
  3. 6. Blind architectural carpenter capable of literally eating you out of house and home
  4. 7. Luciferin-fueled romantic flashing bioluminescent Morse code in the dark
  5. 8. Hard forewing covers that lift like gull-wing doors to allow for flight
  6. 9. Noisy summer screamer with a seventeen-year prime-number snooze button

Weather & Climate

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  1. 1. Frozen precipitation falling as white flakes
  2. 6. Water falling from the sky in drops
  3. 7. A long period without rain
  4. 8. The long term weather patterns of a region
  5. 10. Small balls of ice that fall from the sky
  6. 12. A destructive spinning funnel of wind
  7. 13. Low temperature

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  1. 1. The time of year when plants begin to grow
  2. 2. Moving air outside
  3. 3. High temperature
  4. 4. Bad weather with heavy rain and strong wind
  5. 5. A bright flash of electricity in the sky
  6. 8. Noticeably cold
  7. 9. Too much water covering normally dry land
  8. 11. Thick vapor at ground level that makes it hard to see

Weather & Climate

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  1. 2. Soft white pieces of frozen water falling from the sky.
  2. 4. A prevailing wind that brings heavy rains to certain regions.
  3. 6. An overflowing of a large amount of water over dry land.
  4. 9. A large weather system with low pressure and circular winds.
  5. 11. Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers.
  6. 12. Having a comfortably high temperature.
  7. 13. A mixture of rain and snow falling from the sky.

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  1. 1. A thick mist of tiny water drops floating close to the ground.
  2. 3. The natural movement of the air outdoors.
  3. 4. Unpleasantly warm and damp weather.
  4. 5. Bright with light from the central star of our solar system.
  5. 7. A sky completely covered with gray clouds.
  6. 8. The long term pattern of weather conditions in a region.
  7. 9. Uncomfortably cool outside.
  8. 10. The warmest block of months in the year.
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