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  152s
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  152w
CRUST  76se
DIVERGENT  24s
EARTHQUAKE  1313n
FAULTS  106nw
LANDFORMS  33s
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  714e
PANGAEA  99s
PLATES  149n
SUBDUCTION  31se
TECTONICS  1310nw
TRANSFORM  55s