40 Nature Trivia Questions for Kids

1. A river makes a wide, looping bend. What is that bend called?

2. What is a smaller stream that flows into a larger river called?

3. What is the starting place of a river called?

4. A looping river bend is cut off from the main channel. What lake can it leave?

5. What landform can build up where a river drops sediment as it enters a lake or sea?

6. What is the land area that drains water to a shared stream or lake called?

7. What is water stored in spaces and cracks beneath the ground called?

8. Water flows naturally out of the ground at a hillside. What is this place called?

9. In a coastal estuary, river water mixes with what?

10. What is a rocky shore pool left holding seawater when the tide goes out?

11. What can waves carve through a rocky headland to make a bridge-shaped opening?

12. What is a narrow ridge of sand attached to the coast at one end called?

13. What mainly moves the sand that builds a coastal sand dune?

14. A ring-shaped coral reef surrounds a lagoon. What is this reef called?

15. What is shallow coastal water separated from the sea by a sandbar or reef called?

16. What is the gently sloping, submerged edge of a continent called?

17. A rock cracks into smaller pieces while staying in place. What process is this?

18. A stream carries loose soil and rock away. What process is taking place?

19. A river slows down and drops sand on its bed. What is this dropping called?

20. What word includes loose grains of sand, silt and other material carried by water?

21. Rocks are made of natural materials such as quartz and feldspar. What are these materials?

22. A mineral’s atoms form a repeating pattern. What orderly solid can this produce?

23. What makes pumice full of little holes?

24. Which grains are joined together to make sandstone?

25. What is the leafy roof formed by the crowns of forest trees called?

26. What is the layer of smaller trees and shrubs beneath a forest canopy called?

27. Which habitat is a grassland with scattered trees?

28. What is land with soil covered or soaked by water for at least part of the year called?

29. What makes a habitat a desert, even if it is cold?

30. The taiga is a northern forest filled mainly with which trees?

31. Which wetland is mainly covered by soft-stemmed plants such as grasses and reeds?

32. Which wetland has many trees or woody shrubs?

33. What do we call the natural place where an organism finds what it needs to live?

34. A pond has many different kinds of living things. What word describes that variety?

35. Several food chains link together in a pond. What do they form?

36. A diurnal animal is mainly active at which time?

37. What are seasonal pools that fill with rain or snowmelt and may later dry out called?

38. Where would you find a riparian habitat?

39. What does an ecologist study?

40. What is a feature that helps a living thing survive in its environment called?