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  72e
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  115e
CRUST  109se
DIVERGENT  1513n
EARTHQUAKE  55e
FAULTS  28e
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99e
PANGAEA  77w
PLATES  77e
SUBDUCTION  1014w
TECTONICS  1112w
TRANSFORM  1111w