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  415e
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  143s
CRUST  96ne
DIVERGENT  14s
EARTHQUAKE  511n
FAULTS  67n
LANDFORMS  133s
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  97n
PANGAEA  79n
PLATES  79s
SUBDUCTION  215n
TECTONICS  1215n
TRANSFORM  115s