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.

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



Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1# # # # # # # # # # # # D E N S I T Y #
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # T
3P # Y # # # M I D O C E A N R I D G E L
4# A # R # L # # C # # S E H C N E R T A
5# # L # A # A E # # A E G N A P E # N S
6# T O E # D A T H E R R M A L # R # E A
7I N N # O N N N N # # # # A # # E # G B
8S O A E I M # U O E # # T # # # H # E #
9L I C C N E A # O I N E # # # # P Y R #
10A T L O C I R G # B T I # # # # S E E #
11N C O I N R T O N E M C T # # # O L V S
12D E V # T V E N C E E R U N # # N L I U
13A V O # # H E T O R T N O D O # E A D T
14R N A # # E O R I C U I O F B C H V # U
15C O R # # N L S G O R S S Z S U T T # R
16# C T # I # # T P E N E T M T N S F # E
17# # S C # # # # N H N # P # # F A I # Z
18# # S # # # # # # A E T # U # # I R # O
19# # # # # T L U A F M R O F S N A R T N
20# # # # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # # E
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  38se
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  207n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1614nw
CONVECTION  216n
CONVERGENT  39se
CORE  912nw
CRUST  912se
DENSITY  131e
DIVEREGENT  1913n
ISLANDARC  17s
LITHOSPHERE  310se
MANTLE  1119nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  73e
OCEANIC  103sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  13se
PANGEA  165w
PLATE  165sw
PLATETECTONICS  156sw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1819nw
STRAOVOLCANO  317n
SUBDUCTION  1716nw
SUPERCONTINENT  1519nw
SUTUREZONE  2011s
THERRMAL  86e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  194w