Looking for nature riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe nature riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.
116 nature riddles
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In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear. What am I?
Hint: In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colde…
It’s been around for millions of years, but it’s no more than a month old. What is it?
Hint: It’s been around for millions of years…
Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen.
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Hint: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall…
My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?
Hint: My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My …
Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not. What is it?
Hint: Never resting…
Rungs of a Ladder The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?…
Hint: Rungs of a Ladder The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot ap…
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Hint: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain…
The more there is the less you see. What is it?
The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How?
Hint: The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on wate…
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?
Hint: The sun bakes them…
There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.
Hint: There are four brothers in this world that were all born together…
There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?
Hint: There is a frog…
There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night, he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came and took her home. One day the husband decided to go rescue her. So he snuck into the wizard’s garden. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose bushes trying to figure out which could be his wife. Suddenly, he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife?
Hint: There once was an evil wizard…
There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies.
Hint: There was a green house…
There was a yellow eye on a blue face, and a red eye on a green face. The yellow eye said to the red eye “we are both the same, only i’m higher, and you are lower“. What are they?
Hint: There was a yellow eye on a blue face…
This is as light as a feather, Yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?
This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
Hint: This old one runs forever…
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin. Light enough to caress the sky. Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Hint: Three lives have I…
Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?
Hint: Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain…