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  1215w
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  214n
CRUST  76nw
DIVERGENT  155s
EARTHQUAKE  1111n
FAULTS  61w
LANDFORMS  33s
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  77n
PANGAEA  99n
PLATES  99s
SUBDUCTION  414n
TECTONICS  71e
TRANSFORM  55s