Forest Animals
Woodland neighbors, from tiny chipmunks to moose that stand taller than a person.
Polar Animals Word Search
Animals adapted to the coldest places on Earth — some in the Arctic, some in the Antarctic.
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About this puzzle
Animals from both ends of the Earth meet in this list, though never in real life. Polar bears, arctic foxes, snowy owls, reindeer, musk oxen, lemmings and belugas live in the Arctic, and puffins in the cold northern seas, while penguins and leopard seals live in the Southern Hemisphere, mostly around Antarctica. Krill and terns connect the two: krill swarm in both polar oceans, and arctic terns fly from one pole to the other every year.
The default layout is Medium on a 13×13 grid. Easy, Medium and Hard each use their own checked layout of the same words, and every one can be printed in standard or large print on US Letter or A4.
Word notes
- Polar Bear
- Lives in the Arctic; polar bears and penguins never meet in the wild.
- Penguin
- Most penguin species live in the Southern Hemisphere, not the Arctic.
- Musk Ox
- Has a long, shaggy outer coat over an extremely warm under-wool called qiviut.
- Beluga
- A white whale nicknamed the "sea canary" for its chirps, clicks and whistles.
- Lemming
- A small rodent of the Arctic tundra; despite the myth, lemmings do not leap off cliffs in mass suicides.
- Ermine
- A stoat in its white winter coat; only the tip of its tail stays black.
- Krill
- Small crustaceans that many whales, seals and penguins eat.
- Tern
- The Arctic tern migrates between the Arctic and Antarctic every year.
Try this after the puzzle
Draw two circles labelled Arctic and Antarctic and sort the animals into them. Solvers are often surprised that polar bears and penguins never meet in the wild. Older students can trace the arctic tern's yearly migration on a world map.
All 14 words
Polar Bear · Penguin · Arctic Fox · Snowy Owl · Reindeer · Musk Ox · Beluga · Lemming · Ermine · Arctic Hare · Puffin · Leopard Seal · Krill · Tern
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