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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E H U J F K N A D H N M D G T
F A M R O F S N A R T X N E O
V I U M X N H M Q O V I A N N
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  414e
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  112s
CRUST  112e
DIVERGENT  145s
EARTHQUAKE  26e
FAULTS  128n
LANDFORMS  1313n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99n
PANGAEA  77w
PLATES  18e
SUBDUCTION  102w
TECTONICS  157s
TRANSFORM  1111w