Plate Tectonics

CONTINENT
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CRUST
DIVERGENT
EARTHQUAKE
FAULTS
LANDFORMS
LITHOSPHERE
OCEAN
PANGAEA
PLATES
SUBDUCTION
TECTONICS
TRANSFORM

Using modern equipment, scientists known as oceanographers have been able to measure and map out the ocean floor. What these scientists have discovered has helped explain how it is that continents are able to move around on the Earth’s crust.

Try to find all 15 words on this board.

C O N T I N E N T U Q U Q B D
O G N O I T C U D B U S Z S H
N G E D C K S C I N O T C E T
V I Q R K U F D M C W A N G E
E G M K E A R T H Q U A K E E
R X A U T H M A F A U L T S W
G S E T A L P A N G A E A S A
E R A M P E I S B R Z D X O X
N O I T C E V N O C E A N G G
T R A N S F O R M H R Q R P G
T N E G R E V I D Y T U E X I
M L F D G U W L T M Y I S Y Z
H E I M S M R O F D N A L T B
Y H O G Q H Z F F R K Q L B J
C E Y H V N G Q H W Z S R K U
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  11e
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  11s
CRUST  109se
DIVERGENT  911w
EARTHQUAKE  55e
FAULTS  96e
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99e
PANGAEA  77e
PLATES  77w
SUBDUCTION  122w
TECTONICS  153w
TRANSFORM  110e