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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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  111n
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  1314w
CRUST  111s
DIVERGENT  131s
EARTHQUAKE  33s
FAULTS  215n
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  92w
PANGAEA  77n
PLATES  77s
SUBDUCTION  155s
TECTONICS  414n
TRANSFORM  1111n