🌳 Nature riddles for kids with answers

These riddles are all about the outdoors. Think about the sky, the weather, the ocean and the plants around you.

1. What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?

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   It flows to the sea.

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   A river

2. What falls all the time but never gets hurt?

   💡 Hint

   Grab an umbrella.

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   Rain

3. I start as a tiny seed, but I can grow taller than a house. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   Birds build nests in me.

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   A tree

4. What flies without wings and cries without eyes?

   💡 Hint

   Look up on a gray day.

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   A cloud

5. You can hear me howl, but you can never see me. I move the trees and fly your kite. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   I blow.

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   The wind

6. I'm a flash of light across a stormy sky, and a big boom follows me. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   Thunder comes right after me.

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   Lightning

7. I'm frozen water that hangs from the roof, pointy like a carrot made of glass. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   You see me in winter.

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   An icicle

8. I'm a mountain with a hole on top, and sometimes I spit out hot lava. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   I can erupt.

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   A volcano

9. In the fall we turn red, yellow and orange, and then we drop to the ground. What are we?

   💡 Hint

   You can jump into a pile of us.

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   Leaves

10. I'm full of salt, I make waves, and I cover most of the Earth. What am I?

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    Whales live in me.

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    The ocean

11. I grow in the ground, I have a stem and petals, and bees love to visit me. What am I?

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    You can give me as a gift.

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    A flower

12. I twinkle in the night sky, and long ago sailors used me to find their way. What am I?

    💡 Hint

    Twinkle, twinkle...

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    A star