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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V W W N A F S O I F F I F M X
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  156w
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  52se
CRUST  95nw
DIVERGENT  214e
EARTHQUAKE  55s
FAULTS  111n
LANDFORMS  22s
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  92se
PANGAEA  515e
PLATES  1113w
SUBDUCTION  1511n
TECTONICS  1411w
TRANSFORM  43s