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

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CONTINENT  116sw
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  146s
CRUST  82sw
DIVERGENT  125s
EARTHQUAKE  313n
FAULTS  121w
LANDFORMS  133w
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  147n
PANGAEA  157n
PLATES  79n
SUBDUCTION  132w
TECTONICS  1415w
TRANSFORM  314e