Nature Riddles for Kids

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. Who am I?

Hint: I am the black child of a white father…

I am thought to be everywhere, and I only have one rival. He hides within himself, and stays wherever I cannot reach. Who am I? and Who is my rival??

Hint: I am thought to be everywhere…

I am white and cold. Children roll me into balls and build a friend out of me. What am I?

I bloom in spring, am a symbol of Easter, and am white and trumpet-shaped. What am I?

I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.

Hint: I fly…

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.

Hint: I give you a group of three…

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.

Hint: I have a little house in which I live all alone…

I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger and faster then any man alive but have no limbs. What am I?

Hint: I have an eye but cannot see…

I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I’m always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

Hint: I have four wings…

I live in the canopy. I rarely touch the forest floor. I hang upside down all day. I move as slow as a tortoise. My hair is brown and green. I eat tree leaves. Who am i?

Hint: I live in the canopy…

I’m a god, a planet, and measurer of heat. Who am I?

I’m as big as an elephant, but lighter than a feather. What am I?

I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

Hint: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky…

I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

Hint: I never was…

I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I’ve traveled the universe to and fro. I’ve conquered the world, yet I’ve never been anywhere but home. Who am I?

Hint: I soar without wings…

If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

if you’re paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes are in the doghouse?

Hint: if you’re paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off…

I’m the enemy of every smooth ride. A skater doesn’t see me until it’s too late. Tiny and round, I send boards flying. What am I?

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn’t get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out.

Hint: In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers…

In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple does appear. No doors are there to this stronghold— Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

Hint: In marble walls as white as milk…