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  915w
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  146s
CRUST  109n
DIVERGENT  1011w
EARTHQUAKE  33e
FAULTS  1012w
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99n
PANGAEA  910w
PLATES  77w
SUBDUCTION  133s
TECTONICS  14s
TRANSFORM  1512n