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.

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



Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1# A E G N A P A L E O M A G N E T I S M
2# T N E G E R E V I D C R A D N A L S I
3E N O Z E R U T U S # L A M R R E H T D
4# # # R # # # # Y E L L A V T F I R R O
5# # O # E R E H P S O N E H T S A I A C
6S C I N O T C E T E T A L P # N # F N E
7# T N E N I T N O C R E P U S # N T S A
8# R # # # # # C O # R # # F T # O Z F N
9C E # # # # E N # # # U O # R # I O O R
10O N # # # A V # # # # R S # A # T N R I
11N C # # N E L T N A M # # T O # C E M D
12T H # I C # # # # B # # # # V # U # F G
13I E C T # # # # O # # # # # O B D # A E
14N S I # # # # U # # # # # # L A B # U #
15E O # # # T N E G R E V N O C S U # L #
16N # # # # D E N S I T Y # # A A S # T #
17T # # # A C C R E T I O N # N L # # # #
18A # # R # # # # # # # # # # O T # # # #
19L # Y # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # L I T H O S P H E R E # # #
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1613s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  19s
CONVECTION  107sw
CONVERGENT  1515w
CORE  26ne
CRUST  107se
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  112w
ISLANDARC  202w
LITHOSPHERE  720e
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  201s
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  71e
PANGEA  71w
PLATE  146w
PLATETECTONICS  136w
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  1716n
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  103w
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  27s