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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  107sw
CONVECTION  97w
CONVERGENT  125s
CRUST  45n
DIVERGENT  615e
EARTHQUAKE  11e
FAULTS  1311n
LANDFORMS  133w
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  27s
PANGAEA  79w
PLATES  514ne
SUBDUCTION  1514n
TECTONICS  115w
TRANSFORM  115s