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.

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

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CONTINENT  154s
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  613e
CRUST  1310w
DIVERGENT  41e
EARTHQUAKE  133w
FAULTS  1115w
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  149n
PANGAEA  1214w
PLATES  97w
SUBDUCTION  212n
TECTONICS  1512nw
TRANSFORM  511e