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

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CONTINENT  510n
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  1310n
CRUST  1310s
DIVERGENT  149n
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  314e
LANDFORMS  156s
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  72e
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  97s
SUBDUCTION  1015nw
TECTONICS  69n
TRANSFORM  49n