Earth Changes: Wind and Water Word Search
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- About 16 min
- 12 words
Learn how wind and water change Earth's surface with a printable Grade 2 word search, definitions, and safe observation ideas.
For parents and caregivers
What your child will practice
- Describe how moving water and wind can change the shape of land over time.
- Distinguish weathering, erosion, and deposition in simple landform examples.
- Use observations from a model or outdoor setting to support a claim about Earth's surface.
How to use this puzzle at home
- Preview the words and ask your child which processes move material and which processes break it down.
- Have your child solve the puzzle, then describe one landform that wind or water can change.
- After rain has stopped, safely observe a sidewalk or garden for tiny channels, puddles, and moved soil.
Word List
- EARTH
- SURFACE
- WEATHERING
- EROSION
- DEPOSITION
- WIND
- WATER
- STREAM
- SEDIMENT
- SOIL
- LANDFORM
- CHANGE
Printable Puzzle
Vocabulary guide
Use these short definitions before or after the word search. Ask your child to explain a few in their own words.
- Earth
- The rocky planet where land, water, air, and living things interact.
- Surface
- The outside or top layer of something, including the land on Earth.
- Weathering
- The breaking down of rock or soil at Earth's surface.
- Erosion
- The movement of rock or soil from one place to another by wind or water.
- Deposition
- The settling of sediment in a new place after it has been moved.
- Wind
- Moving air that can push, carry, and reshape loose materials.
- Water
- A liquid that can flow over land and carry soil or sediment.
- Stream
- A small flow of moving water that travels in a channel.
- Sediment
- Small pieces of rock, soil, or sand that can be moved and deposited.
- Soil
- A mixture of mineral pieces, air, water, and organic material that supports plants.
- Landform
- A natural feature of Earth's surface, such as a hill, valley, or dune.
- Change
- A difference that happens to a material, place, or landform over time.
Talk about the science
- How can a stream carry sediment from one part of a yard to another?
- What is the difference between weathering a rock and eroding its pieces?
- Where might deposition happen after wind or water slows down?
Try one more thing
Extension activity
Keep a three-day earth-change journal after safe outdoor observations. Sketch one patch of ground, note any wind or water clues, and explain whether you see weathering, erosion, or deposition.
Teacher and tutor note
Classroom adaptation
Build a shallow tray model with sand, soil, and small rocks. Teams solve the puzzle, make a gentle water stream or fan-made wind, sketch the starting and ending surfaces, and label evidence of erosion or deposition.
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