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.

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  710ne
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  311n
CRUST  710sw
DIVERGENT  41s
EARTHQUAKE  513e
FAULTS  1510w
LANDFORMS  156s
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  72e
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  812e
SUBDUCTION  153sw
TECTONICS  16s
TRANSFORM  511n