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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2S # # L # # # # M N # # T # #
3C # # A # # # R O # E S L # S
4I # # T # # O I # K U I # # M
5N # # E # F T # A R T # # T R
6O # # S S C # U C H # # N T O
7T # # N U # Q O O # # E S N F
8C # A D # H N S N # G # T E D
9E R B # T T P # V R # # L G N
10T U # R I H # # E # # # U R A
11S # A N E # # V C # # # A E L
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  96sw
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  514ne
CRUST  96ne
DIVERGENT  1414n
EARTHQUAKE  212ne
FAULTS  1312n
LANDFORMS  1511n
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  914e
PANGAEA  41e
PLATES  41s
SUBDUCTION  111ne
TECTONICS  110n
TRANSFORM  110ne