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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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  121w
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  1515n
CRUST  710sw
DIVERGENT  1314n
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  127s
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79s
PANGAEA  97s
PLATES  97n
SUBDUCTION  315e
TECTONICS  41s
TRANSFORM  511n