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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  1214w
CONVECTION  97w
CONVERGENT  102w
CRUST  107ne
DIVERGENT  21e
EARTHQUAKE  511e
FAULTS  159nw
LANDFORMS  133w
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  92e
PANGAEA  79e
PLATES  79w
SUBDUCTION  15e
TECTONICS  1313w
TRANSFORM  1514n