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.

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



Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1# # # S E G D I R N A E C O D I M # B #
2# # # C T E # # # E # C # I # S # A # #
3# # O I H R # # G # I # V # I # S # Y S
4# R # N E E A N # N # E # T S A # R # U
5E C # O R H A O A # R # E # L # A I # B
6# O T T R P S E V E # N # T A D C F # D
7# N L C M S C E G O G # # # N E C T # U
8# V U E A O # E H A L # # U D N R Z # C
9# E A T L H N # M C # C O # A S E O # T
10# R F E # T # O # # N B A # R I T N # I
11# G M T # I E # # # M E # N C T I E # O
12# E R A # L # # # R # # R # O Y O # # N
13# N O L A # # C O N V E C T I O N # # #
14# T F P # # # F # # # # # # # # # # # #
15# E S # # # S U P E R C O N T I N E N T
16# L N # # N L A T N E N I T N O C # # #
17# T A # A S T H E N O S P H E R E # # #
18# N R R I F T V A L L E Y # U # # # # #
19# A T # E N O Z E R U T U S # # # # # #
20# M # # # # # # # # # # T # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  191sw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1716w
CONVECTION  813e
CONVERGENT  25s
CORE  42sw
CRUST  1716sw
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  151sw
ISLANDARC  153s
LITHOSPHERE  612n
MANTLE  220n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  171w
OCEANIC  68ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  414ne
PANGEA  66ne
PLATE  414n
PLATETECTONICS  413n
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  41se
SUBDUCTION  203s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1419w
THERRMAL  52s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  1413nw