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

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CONTINENT  31e
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  31se
CRUST  76se
DIVERGENT  213n
EARTHQUAKE  1313n
FAULTS  68nw
LANDFORMS  33e
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  714e
PANGAEA  99s
PLATES  17s
SUBDUCTION  1410n
TECTONICS  1210n
TRANSFORM  55s