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.

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

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2T # # # # # E # O C E A N # #
3# N E # # # A # I # M # # # N
4T # E R # # G # T # R # # # O
5E N # N E # N # C # O # S # I
6C # E # I H A # E # F # M # T
7T # A G F T P # V # S # R # C
8O # R # R A N S N # N # O # U
9N # T # # E U O O # A # F # D
10I # H # # # V L C H R # D # B
11C # Q # # # # N T R T # N # U
12S # U # # # # # O S U I A # S
13# # A # # # # # # C # S L # #
14# # K T N E G R E V I D T # #
15# # E P L A T E S # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  910nw
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  1013nw
CRUST  910se
DIVERGENT  1214w
EARTHQUAKE  36s
FAULTS  57se
LANDFORMS  1313n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  92e
PANGAEA  77n
PLATES  415e
SUBDUCTION  1512n
TECTONICS  14s
TRANSFORM  1111n