You cannot see the wind, but you can see everything it does: kites climbing, sails filling, leaves dancing and storms spinning. These riddles cover the wind in everyday life and the real science of how it works.
Every riddle has its own answer, so you will learn about weather vanes, anemometers, trade winds, the jet stream and the monsoon that brings summer rain to South Asia.
Easy Wind Riddles for Kids
- You cannot see me, but you can feel me, and I make trees sway and kites fly. What am I? 👉 The wind
- I am a toy on a long string, and I need the wind to climb into the sky. What am I? 👉 A kite
- I sit on a rooftop and point to show which way the wind is blowing. What am I? 👉 A weather vane
- I am a tall tower with giant spinning blades, and I turn wind into electricity. What am I? 👉 A wind turbine
- I am a big sheet of cloth on a boat that catches the wind. What am I? 👉 A sail
- I am a striped, cone-shaped bag at airports that shows pilots the wind direction. What am I? 👉 A windsock
- I am a soft, gentle wind on a warm day. What am I? 👉 A breeze
- I am a spinning funnel of wind that reaches down from a storm cloud to the ground. What am I? 👉 A tornado
- I am a stick with colorful paper blades that spin when you blow on me. What am I? 👉 A pinwheel
- I am the big glass window at the front of a car that keeps the wind out of your face. What am I? 👉 A windshield
- I am an old building with huge turning sails that grinds grain into flour. What am I? 👉 A windmill
- I hang near a door and make gentle music whenever the wind blows. What am I? 👉 Wind chimes
Wind and Weather Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real weather science. The note after each answer explains it.
- I am the instrument with spinning cups that measures wind speed. What am I? 👉 An anemometer
- Wind is air rushing from high pressure toward me. What am I? 👉 Low pressure
- I am the 0 to 12 scale that sailors use to describe how strong the wind is. What am I? 👉 The Beaufort scale
- I am a giant tropical storm in the Atlantic with winds of at least 119 km/h. What am I? 👉 A hurricane
- I am the same kind of storm as a hurricane, but I form in the western Pacific near Asia. What am I? 👉 A typhoon
- I am the calm, clear center of a hurricane. What am I? 👉 The eye
- I am the steady winds that blow toward the equator and once carried sailing ships across the ocean. What am I? 👉 The trade winds
- I am a fast river of wind high in the sky, and airplanes ride me to save fuel. What am I? 👉 The jet stream
- I am the seasonal wind that brings heavy summer rain to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. What am I? 👉 The monsoon
- I am the windiest continent on Earth. What am I? 👉 Antarctica
Wind Riddle Poems and Jokes
- I can fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I? 👉 A cloud
- I am full of air, and if you let go of my string I will float away. What am I? 👉 A balloon
- What did the tornado say to the sports car? 👉 “Want to go for a spin?”
- I can whistle without lips and howl without a throat. What am I? 👉 The wind in the trees
Wind Brain Teasers
- A plane flies at 500 km/h with a 50 km/h wind pushing it from behind. How fast does it travel over the ground? 👉 550 km/h
- The same plane turns around and flies straight into that 50 km/h wind. How fast is it going now? 👉 450 km/h
- An electric train travels north while the wind blows south. Which way does its smoke blow? 👉 Nowhere, electric trains do not make smoke
- A windmill turns 12 times every minute. How many times does it turn in an hour? 👉 720
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