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.

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



Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1# # # # # # # # # P A N G E A # # # # #
2# D # # E N O Z E R U T U S # # # # # #
3# E T N O I T C U D B U S # # # # # # #
4# N R R # # R # # # N O I T C E V N O C
5# S A I A U # # # D I V E R E G E N T #
6# I N F S N # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
7# T S T T P S U P E R C O N T I N E N T
8# Y F V H A L F # T N E G R E V N O C #
9# # O A E L I A O C E A N I C # N # O #
10# # R L N E T # T R E N C H E S O # N #
11# # M L O O H # H E M A N T L E I E T #
12# # F E S M O # E # T B A S A L T N I #
13# # A Y P A S # R # # E O # # # E O N #
14# # U # H G P # R # # # C U # # R Z E #
15# # L # E N H # M # # # O T N # C T N #
16# # T # R E E # A # # # R # O D C F T #
17# # # # E T R # L # # # E # # N A I A #
18# # # # # I E # C R A D N A L S I R L #
19# # # # # S T R A O V O L C A N O C Y #
20# # # # # M I D O C E A N R I D G E S #
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  198s
CONVECTION  204w
CONVERGENT  198w
CORE  1314s
CRUST  83sw
DENSITY  22s
DIVEREGENT  105e
ISLANDARC  1718w
LITHOSPHERE  78s
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  620e
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  67s
PANGEA  101e
PLATE  67se
PLATETECTONICS  78se
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  619e
SUBDUCTION  133w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  142w
THERRMAL  910s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  910e