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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  1510w
CONVECTION  97w
CONVERGENT  41e
CRUST  107ne
DIVERGENT  1512w
EARTHQUAKE  511e
FAULTS  86w
LANDFORMS  133w
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  97e
PANGAEA  79w
PLATES  79e
SUBDUCTION  1515n
TECTONICS  715e
TRANSFORM  115w