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  1312n
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  211n
CRUST  211s
DIVERGENT  152s
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  814w
LANDFORMS  17s
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79s
PANGAEA  97s
PLATES  97n
SUBDUCTION  311n
TECTONICS  1415w
TRANSFORM  511n