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  147s
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  113w
CRUST  96w
DIVERGENT  153s
EARTHQUAKE  313n
FAULTS  152w
LANDFORMS  47e
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  97n
PANGAEA  115n
PLATES  79s
SUBDUCTION  134s
TECTONICS  1415w
TRANSFORM  23s