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.

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

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5A # N # # # # I # # E # # # #
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7S # # # E C # # P A N G A E A
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9O # # D # C O N V E C T I O N
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  67se
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  101w
CRUST  69sw
DIVERGENT  93w
EARTHQUAKE  132w
FAULTS  1515nw
LANDFORMS  313e
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79nw
PANGAEA  97e
PLATES  34e
SUBDUCTION  112ne
TECTONICS  1415w
TRANSFORM  13s