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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CONTINENT  514n
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  514e
CRUST  514w
DIVERGENT  19n
EARTHQUAKE  33s
FAULTS  151w
LANDFORMS  1313n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99s
PANGAEA  77n
PLATES  77s
SUBDUCTION  22s
TECTONICS  1414n
TRANSFORM  1111n