Migration Word Search
Play a Migration word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: MIGRATION, HABITAT, SPECIES, ECOSYSTEM, BREEDING, WINTERING, FLYWAY, NAVIGATION, INSTINCT, SEASONAL, JOURNEY, ROUTE.
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Migration word list, defined
- MIGRATION /maɪˈɡreɪʃən/ · noun
- The movement of people, animals, or other organisms from one region or place to another. The word can also refer to the process of transferring data, services, or systems from one location or platform to another. Related: movement, relocation, displacement, transference.
- 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.
- 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.
- BREEDING /ˈbriːdɪŋ/ · noun
- The process or activity of keeping animals or plants in order to produce offspring, especially selectively to develop desired qualities; also the upbringing, education, and social refinement associated with good manners and gentle birth. Related: reproduction, rearing, raising, propagation.
- WINTERING /ˈwɪntərɪŋ/ · verb (present participle and gerund)
- To spend or pass the winter, especially in a particular place. In ecology and ornithology, it refers to remaining in an area outside the breeding range during winter. Related: spending the winter, passing the winter, staying through winter, residing during winter.
- FLYWAY /ˈflaɪˌweɪ/ · noun
- A established route followed regularly by migratory birds between their breeding and wintering grounds, often comprising a broad corridor of interconnected flight paths. The term is also used for the network of protected wetlands and stopover sites along such routes. Related: migration route, migratory corridor, flight path, air route.
- NAVIGATION /ˌnæv.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ · noun
- Navigation is the process of determining a route or position and directing movement, especially at sea or in the air. In modern technical contexts, it also refers to moving between pages, sections, or features of a digital interface. Related: wayfinding, pilotage, steering, seafaring.
- INSTINCT /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ · noun
- An innate, largely unconscious impulse or tendency that prompts a person to act in a particular way, especially in response to danger, opportunity, or a personal situation. It can also refer to the intuitive ability to understand something quickly without deliberate reasoning. Related: impulse, intuition, inclination, tendency.
- SEASONAL /ˈsiːzənəl/ · adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of a particular season or to something that changes according to the seasons. It can also mean occurring at a regular seasonal interval. Related: cyclical, periodic, annual, time-limited.
- JOURNEY /ˈdʒɜːni/ (British); /ˈdʝɝːni/ (US) · noun and verb
- As a noun, a journey is an act of travelling from one place to another, especially one that involves a significant distance or an extended period of time. As a verb, to journey means to travel from one place to another, typically over a long distance. Related: trip, travel, voyage, passage.
- ROUTE /ruːt/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a way or course taken between two places, especially one followed when travelling. As a verb, to direct or send someone or something along a particular course or via a designated way. Related: path, way, itinerary, course.
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