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  25e
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  25s
CRUST  76e
DIVERGENT  14s
EARTHQUAKE  1313n
FAULTS  610s
LANDFORMS  33e
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  77e
PANGAEA  99s
PLATES  147n
SUBDUCTION  114w
TECTONICS  61e
TRANSFORM  55s