Biology word search
Cells, genes and living things: a vocabulary puzzle for a first biology unit.
13 by 13, words also run on the diagonal. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter.
Find these words
- ADAPTATION
- BLOOD
- CYTOPLASM
- DIGESTION
- ENZYME
- EVOLUTION
- FUNGUS
- GENETICS
- HEART
- MEMBRANE
- MUSCLE
- MUTATION
- ORGAN
- PLANT
- SPECIES
- SYSTEM
About this puzzle
Cells, genes and living things: a vocabulary puzzle for a first biology unit.
A good way to use it
Use it before a cell unit. Students look up three words they do not know and add a drawing.
Print the Biology word search
Each PDF is one US Letter page with a name line, the grid and the word list, plus an answer key on page 2. These are the exact puzzles shown above.
The Biology word list
All 36 words the puzzles draw from. Easy puzzles use the shorter ones; hard puzzles reach for the longest. Want your own list? Open these words in the word search maker.
- ADAPTATION
- ANIMAL
- BACTERIA
- BLOOD
- BONE
- BRAIN
- CELL
- CHLOROPLAST
- CHROMOSOME
- CYTOPLASM
- DIGESTION
- DNA
- ECOSYSTEM
- ENZYME
- EVOLUTION
- FUNGUS
- GENE
- GENETICS
- HABITAT
- HEART
- LUNGS
- MEMBRANE
- MITOCHONDRIA
- MUSCLE
- MUTATION
- NERVE
- NUCLEUS
- ORGAN
- ORGANISM
- PLANT
- PROTEIN
- RESPIRATION
- SPECIES
- SYSTEM
- TISSUE
- VIRUS
SEEK: word search with a hidden word
SEEK is our daily word search. Find the listed words, and the leftover letters spell a hidden word. About four minutes.
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Questions
Is the Biology word search free to print?
Yes. Each level has a PDF with the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key and word list on page 2. There is nothing to sign up for. Print as many copies as you need for home or a classroom.
How many words are in the Biology word search?
The easy puzzle hides 10 words, medium hides 16 and hard hides 22. They are picked from a list of 36 Biology words, so New puzzle gives you a different mix each time.
What is the longest word on this list?
Mitochondria, at 12 letters. It is in the hard puzzle shown above.
Which level should I pick?
Easy is a 10 by 10 grid with words that run left to right or top to bottom, which suits ages 6 to 8. Medium is 13 by 13 and adds diagonals. Hard is 16 by 16 with backward words, for older kids and adults.