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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2# # # # # # # # # # C T T # N
3# S S # # # # # # O N S L # O
4# C T # # # # # N E U I A # I
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7L O A # # R E O O # A # F # U
8A T F # G V N S N # N # O # D
9T C # E I T P # V # S # R # B
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  96sw
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  112sw
CRUST  96ne
DIVERGENT  410ne
EARTHQUAKE  41e
FAULTS  38n
LANDFORMS  133s
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  914e
PANGAEA  79s
PLATES  16s
SUBDUCTION  1511n
TECTONICS  211n
TRANSFORM  115s