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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T D I V E R G E N T M I S A X
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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CONTINENT  109nw
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  31se
CRUST  109se
DIVERGENT  212e
EARTHQUAKE  614e
FAULTS  147n
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  29n
PANGAEA  131s
PLATES  152s
SUBDUCTION  215e
TECTONICS  49ne
TRANSFORM  1111w