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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CONTINENT  710ne
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  614ne
CRUST  64s
DIVERGENT  612ne
EARTHQUAKE  1115w
FAULTS  814ne
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  72e
PANGAEA  514ne
PLATES  514n
SUBDUCTION  14e
TECTONICS  113n
TRANSFORM  155s