Biodiversity Word Search
Free Biodiversity word search. We picked 12 themed words — the terms and ideas of a school subject — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM, HABITAT, SPECIES, CONSERVATION, ADAPTATION, GENETIC, PREDATOR, PREY, POLLINATION, DROUGHT, WETLAND.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Biodiversity word list, defined
- BIODIVERSITY /ˌbaɪoʊdaɪˈvɜːrsəti/ · noun
- The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat, ecosystem, or on Earth as a whole, encompassing the diversity of species, genetic variation within species, and the variety of ecosystems themselves. Related: biological variety, ecological richness, species richness, variety of life.
- ECOSYSTEM /ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/ · noun
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment, considered as a functioning unit. By extension, any complex network of interdependent elements that functions as a whole. Related: environment, habitat, biome, biosphere.
- HABITAT /ˈhæbɪtæt/ · noun
- The natural environment in which an organism or a community of organisms lives. In broader use, a habitat can also mean the characteristic setting or environment associated with a person, group, activity, or development. Related: home, dwelling, environment, surroundings.
- SPECIES /ˈspiːʃiːz/ · noun
- A species is a group of living organisms regarded as capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, and considered distinct from other such groups. In general use, it can mean a particular kind or type of thing. Related: kind, type, sort, variety.
- CONSERVATION /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃən/ (UK); /ˌkɑːnsərˈveɪʃən/ (US) · noun
- The protection, preservation, and careful management of natural resources, wildlife, or the environment; also the action of keeping something from being wasted, damaged, or lost. Related: preservation, protection, conservancy, safeguarding.
- ADAPTATION /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- The process or state of adjusting to new conditions, whether by an organism evolving to suit its environment or by a person or thing being modified to fit a new purpose. It also refers to a work, such as a film, that has been adapted from another medium. Related: adjustment, modification, conversion, transformation.
- GENETIC /dʒəˈnɛtɪk/ · adjective
- Relating to genes, heredity, or the transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring. It may also describe something caused by genetic factors rather than environmental influences. Related: hereditary, inherited, genomic, genic.
- PREDATOR /ˈprɛdətər/ · noun
- An animal that hunts, kills, and feeds on other animals or their remains. By extension, a person or organization that exploits, victimizes, or preys on others. Related: hunter, carnivore, pursuer, stalker.
- PREY /preɪ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, prey means an animal hunted by another animal, or a person or thing pursued, victimized, or exploited. As a verb, it means to hunt or seize prey, or figuratively to exploit or victimize someone. Related: victim, quarry, hunted animal, hunt.
- POLLINATION /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/ · noun
- The transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures of a flower to the female reproductive structures, enabling fertilization. It may occur within the same flower, between flowers of the same plant, or between different plants. Related: pollen transfer, pollen dispersal.
- DROUGHT /draʊt/ · noun
- A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water. More broadly, any extended scarcity or deficiency of something essential. Related: dry spell, drouth, aridity, water shortage.
- WETLAND /ˈwɛtlænd/ · noun
- An area of land that is regularly saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands may be fresh or salt water and can include marshes, swamps, fens, and tidal flats. Related: marsh, swamp, marshland, fen.
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