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

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2C F A U L T S # # # # # # A S
3I # # E K A U Q H T R A E E U
4N # # # # # # # # # # R # C R
5O # S # # T N E G R E V N O C
6T # M # # # # # # H # # # # #
7C # R S E T A L P A N G A E A
8E # O # # # # S # # # # # # #
9T # F # # C O N V E C T I O N
10# # D # # H # # # # # # # # #
11# # N # T # D I V E R G E N T
12# # A I # # T R A N S F O R M
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  1115w
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  155w
CRUST  155n
DIVERGENT  711e
EARTHQUAKE  133w
FAULTS  22e
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  145n
PANGAEA  97e
PLATES  97w
SUBDUCTION  413e
TECTONICS  19n
TRANSFORM  712e