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Evolution and climate word search with terms like natural selection, adaptation, and extinction.
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This 20-word biology word search covers evolution, adaptation, and extinction for middle school students. Hidden words include natural selection, pepperedmoth, K-T boundary, biodiversity, and mutation, spanning evolutionary processes and environmental change. Use it during a unit on evolution and climate, as a review activity, or as a sub plan in science class.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Biology
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated April 2026

Word List

  • ADAPTATION
  • BIODIVERSITY
  • FOSSIL
  • CLIMATE
  • NATURALSELECTION
  • EXTINCTION
  • ECOSYSTEM
  • SURVIVAL
  • EVOLUTION
  • COMPETITION
  • MUTATION
  • SPECIATION
  • VARIATION
  • POPULATION
  • HABITAT
  • PEPPEREDMOTH
  • KTBOUNDARY
  • ASTEROID
  • HUMAN
  • CAMOFLAUGE

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