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

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2E # # # T N E G R E V N O C #
3C T L A N D F O R M S # # # #
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5O T # U T R A N S F O R M # #
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7I U N A E C O N V E C T I O N
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9S F A E A G N A P L A T E S #
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14# # T N E G R E V I D # # # #
15# # # # C O N T I N E N T # #
Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  515e
CONVECTION  77e
CONVERGENT  142w
CRUST  67nw
DIVERGENT  1114w
EARTHQUAKE  1111w
FAULTS  29n
LANDFORMS  33e
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  77w
PANGAEA  99w
PLATES  99e
SUBDUCTION  121w
TECTONICS  11s
TRANSFORM  55e