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Nature Words

Study this English vocabulary list, then practice by sorting the words in the game.

Nature words in English — 44 words for the natural world like tree, river, mountain, sea and star, each with a meaning, an example sentence and audio. Learn nature vocabulary by sorting the words into their group.

A game about putting English words where they belong. You get a word, you decide which category it is, you drop it in — and the deciding is what makes it stick. The word list is curated, ordered by how common each word really is, and limited to words that have one clear category, so every round has a right answer you can reason your way to. How it works, and what it does not claim →

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Word	Part of speech	Example
fire	n.	The fire is warm and bright.
flower	n.	The flower is red and pretty.
island	n.	We can see a small island in the sea.
lake	n.	We swim in the lake in summer.
land	n.	The birds fly over the land and the sea.
leaf	n.	A green leaf fell from the tree.
tree	n.	There is a big tree in the park.
plant	n.	I water the plant every day.
river	n.	We can see fish in the river.
rose	n.	She gives me a red rose.
sea	n.	We swim in the sea in summer.
air	n.	We breathe air every day.
grass	n.	The cat sits on the green grass.
ground	n.	The ball fell on the ground.
hill	n.	We run up the green hill.
moon	n.	The moon is very bright tonight.
mountain	n.	We climb the mountain on Sunday.
space	n.	There are many stars in space.
star	n.	I can see a bright star in the sky.
view	n.	The view from the top of the hill is beautiful.
earth	n.	The moon goes around the earth.
rock	n.	Look at that big rock by the river!
nature	n.	I love walking in nature on sunny days.
stone	n.	He threw a small stone into the river.
wood	n.	This table is made of wood.
path	n.	A small path goes through the forest.
forest	n.	We walked through the forest and saw many tall trees.
planet	n.	The Earth is the only planet we can live on.
wave	n.	A big wave washed my sandals away.
universe	n.	Scientists are still trying to understand how the universe began.
branch	n.	A little bird is sitting on the branch of the tree.
amazon	n.	We took a boat trip along the Amazon last summer.
carbon	n.	Burning coal releases a lot of carbon into the air.
steam	n.	Steam rose from the pot of boiling water.
coal	n.	My grandfather burned coal to keep the house warm in winter.
trail	n.	We followed a narrow trail through the forest.
sand	n.	I like to play in the warm sand.
shadow	n.	The cat slept in the shadow of the big tree.
soil	n.	The soil in this garden is soft and wet after the rain.
root	n.	The old tree has a long root under the path.
diamond	n.	Her ring has a small diamond that shines in the sun.
creek	n.	We took off our shoes and waded across the shallow creek behind the farm.
log	n.	We sat on a fallen log by the river and ate our lunch.
seed	n.	I put a small seed in the pot.

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