Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

This word search will introduce you to the vocabulary in the plate tectonics chapter.

Try to find all 30 words on this board.

N N E J U S M L B W D U E D F U Q C J Y
A D T N E G R E V N O C E A N I C P Q A
A E T H K M B R N O I T C U D B U S O E
O N R R I F T V A L L E Y E A V R W G G
Q S A I A W C O N V E C T I O N C X L N
J I N F S N Q N B C Y X K X C R U S T A
K T S T T U S C I N O T C E T E T A L P
C Y F Z H U U F O S U B O E G E H C I A
K S O O E S P O O N L N R W K F E C T L
U U R N N S E Y Z R A A E D T N R R H E
Q T M E O A R J T V M C N Z R G R E O O
Q U F P S C C M J N I B L D Y N M T S M
M R A R P W O N X V E M O O A S A I P A
A E U M H V N A F U G G P U V R L O H G
N Z L M E P T R E N C H E S N O C N E N
T O T U R B I P M M U F P R C D A J R E
L N P I E Y N T L A S A B R E V A R E T
E E D S R Y E D J F F P X B Q V J R T I
O P L L A T N E N I T N O C X U I B Y S
U B Z H I J T E G D I R N A E C O D I M
Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com



Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# D T N E G R E V N O C E A N I C # # A
3# E T # # # # # N O I T C U D B U S # E
4# N R R I F T V A L L E Y # # # # # # G
5# S A I A # C O N V E C T I O N # # # N
6# I N F S N # # # # # # # # C R U S T A
7# T S T T # S C I N O T C E T E T A L P
8# Y F Z H # U F O S # # O # # # H C I A
9# S O O E # P # O N L # R # # # E C T L
10# U R N N # E # # R A A E # # # R R H E
11# T M E O # R # T # M C N # # # R E O O
12# U F # S # C # # N # B L D # # M T S M
13M R A # P # O # # # E # O O A # A I P A
14A E U # H # N # # # # G # U V R L O H G
15N Z L # E # T R E N C H E S N O C N E N
16T O T # R # I # # # # # # R # D A # R E
17L N # # E # N T L A S A B # E # A R E T
18E E # # # # E # # # # # # # # V # R T I
19# # # L A T N E N I T N O C # # I # Y S
20# # # # # # T E G D I R N A E C O D I M
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  187s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1317w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1419w
CONVECTION  75e
CONVERGENT  122w
CORE  137s
CRUST  156e
DENSITY  22s
DIVEREGENT  1820nw
ISLANDARC  97se
LITHOSPHERE  197s
MANTLE  113s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  2020w
OCEANIC  112e
PALEOMAGNETISM  207s
PANGEA  207n
PLATE  207w
PLATETECTONICS  197w
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  44s
STRAOVOLCANO  2019nw
SUBDUCTION  183w
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  29s
THERRMAL  177s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  715e