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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  415e
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  112sw
CRUST  75ne
DIVERGENT  1213n
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  136s
LANDFORMS  141s
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79nw
PANGAEA  154s
PLATES  1012w
SUBDUCTION  1014w
TECTONICS  211e
TRANSFORM  211n