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  107sw
CONVECTION  97w
CONVERGENT  315ne
CRUST  57sw
DIVERGENT  1414n
EARTHQUAKE  33e
FAULTS  122w
LANDFORMS  127s
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  27n
PANGAEA  111w
PLATES  1310s
SUBDUCTION  54e
TECTONICS  47se
TRANSFORM  115w