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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V E O J A H L G E D T B T A M
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H I I G T K A S N N N A U S O
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V C S Y Q T G L C H N S B O D
R N N L U S A U E U T D U R N
F Y F T A U E A A W T I S M A
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  113s
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  614e
CRUST  614n
DIVERGENT  29n
EARTHQUAKE  55s
FAULTS  813n
LANDFORMS  1513n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99s
PANGAEA  77s
PLATES  77n
SUBDUCTION  1312n
TECTONICS  32s
TRANSFORM  144s