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This 21-word life science word search for Grades 2–3 covers ecosystems, animal classification, and plant growth. Hidden words include metamorphosis, food chain, adaptation, and larva, spanning habitats, animal groups, and insect life cycles. Use it during science units on ecosystems and life cycles, as a review activity, or adapt it as a template for other animal or plant science puzzles.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Biology
Grade Level:
2nd – 3rd Grades
Updated January 2023

Word List

  • ENVIRONMENTS
  • FOODCHAIN
  • POLLEN
  • ADAPTATION
  • MAMMAL
  • BIRD
  • REPTILE
  • AMPHIBIAN
  • FISH
  • INSECT
  • REPRODUCE
  • LIFECYCLE
  • METAMORPHOSIS
  • LARVA
  • PUPA
  • NYMPH
  • FLOWER
  • SEED
  • GERMINATE
  • SEEDLING
  • CONE

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