9 Animals by Habitat Word Searches to Print and Play
Pick a puzzle, choose one of 12 printable designs and download the PDF with its answer key. Free, no sign-up.
Animals by Habitat Shaped Word Searches2
The grid is the picture: cactus, penguin. Print one and color it in once it is solved.
Easy Animals by Habitat Word Searches6
8x8 grids with 6 to 8 words. Words run across and up and down, never diagonally, and some read backwards. Players finish them in a median of 42 seconds on their first try.
Medium Animals by Habitat Word Searches1
11x11 grids with 11 words. Words run across, up and down, and diagonally, and some read backwards.
Animal Habitat Word Searches: Desert, Jungle, Arctic and Savanna
Animals by where they live: Australian, forest, jungle, savanna, desert and Arctic animals, plus African animals at medium level.
Because each puzzle is a habitat, they pair well with a lesson on ecosystems: solve Desert Animals and Arctic Animals side by side and compare how animals survive heat and cold.
Which Animals by Habitat word search should you print?
Here is where to start at each level, from the simplest grids to the ones with words in every direction.
Shaped puzzles: to print and color
2 puzzles. Good first picks: Cactus Shaped and Penguin Shaped.
Easy: ages 5 to 8
6 puzzles. Good first picks: Australian Animals, Forest Animals and Jungle Animals.
Medium: ages 8 to 12
1 puzzle. Try: African Animal.
Habitat Activities for the Science Classroom
- Give each group a habitat puzzle and have them draw that habitat with its animals.
- Compare Desert Animals and Arctic Animals: what helps each animal survive?
- Use Australian Animals to find animals that live nowhere else in the world.
Animals by Habitat Word Search FAQ
How many Animals by Habitat word searches are there?
There are 9: 6 easy, 1 medium and 2 shaped. All of them can be played online or printed as a PDF with an answer key.
Is there a word search for each animal habitat?
Yes: forest, jungle, savanna, desert, Arctic and Australian animals each have an easy puzzle, and African animals a medium one.
Are there shaped animal habitat puzzles?
Yes: a cactus for the desert and a penguin for the cold, both fun to color.