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

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2# # C O N V E R G E N T # # R
3# # E # N O I T C U D B U S A
4# # # R # # # S E T A L P # N
5# # # # E A R T H Q U A K E S
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9N O I T C E V N O C E A N I M
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  314ne
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  32e
CRUST  59sw
DIVERGENT  71e
EARTHQUAKE  55e
FAULTS  156w
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99e
PANGAEA  77w
PLATES  134w
SUBDUCTION  143w
TECTONICS  1415n
TRANSFORM  151s