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  1114w
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  411n
CRUST  119ne
DIVERGENT  713e
EARTHQUAKE  151w
FAULTS  812e
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  149nw
PANGAEA  715e
PLATES  715w
SUBDUCTION  122sw
TECTONICS  129nw
TRANSFORM  511e