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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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  41s
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  15s
CRUST  710sw
DIVERGENT  1512nw
EARTHQUAKE  22s
FAULTS  131w
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79se
PANGAEA  115e
PLATES  1311w
SUBDUCTION  135sw
TECTONICS  514e
TRANSFORM  511n