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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  76e
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  122w
CRUST  711sw
DIVERGENT  63e
EARTHQUAKE  52s
FAULTS  147w
LANDFORMS  33s
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  714e
PANGAEA  99s
PLATES  99e
SUBDUCTION  155w
TECTONICS  71e
TRANSFORM  156s