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Winter wordsAges 7–9 · Science
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4–12 answers, one per line: WORD | clue. English letters only for this first version. Keep learner information out of the list. Your entries stay in this page until you leave.
0 of 8 words solved. Tap the first and last letter of a word. Words run right, down or diagonally down-right.
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Find these words
- MITTENS
- FREEZE
- HIBERNATE
- BLIZZARD
- ICICLE
- FROST
- SLEET
- SNOW
Classroom idea: work in pairs. After finding a word, explain its meaning before moving on.
Answer key · Word search
- 1. MITTENS — Warm hand coverings that keep the fingers together.
- 2. FREEZE — To change from a liquid to a solid; pure water does this at 0 °C.
- 3. HIBERNATE — To spend winter in a deep, energy-saving sleep, as dormice and some bats do.
- 4. BLIZZARD — A long snowstorm with strong winds that make it hard to see.
- 5. ICICLE — A hanging spike of ice made when dripping water freezes.
- 6. FROST — A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on cold surfaces overnight.
- 7. SLEET — Rain that partly freezes into small ice pellets as it falls.
- 8. SNOW — Small ice crystals that fall from clouds when the air is cold enough.