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

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2I # S T L U A F O # R # # C #
3V # E # # # # # I # O # # O #
4E # # R # # # # T # F # # N L
5R # # # E # # N C # S # # V A
6G # N # S H E # E # N # # E N
7E N # O C N P # V # A # A R D
8N A # # I A # S N # R R # G F
9T E # T N T # # O # T # # E O
10# C N G O # C # C H # # # N R
11# O A # T # # U Q R T # # T M
12C E # # C # # U D # U I # # S
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  112ne
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  142s
CRUST  910se
DIVERGENT  11s
EARTHQUAKE  146sw
FAULTS  82w
LANDFORMS  154s
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  211n
PANGAEA  77sw
PLATES  81w
SUBDUCTION  1215nw
TECTONICS  514n
TRANSFORM  119n