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  152s
CONVECTION  77e
CONVERGENT  152w
CRUST  67se
DIVERGENT  47s
EARTHQUAKE  615e
FAULTS  96e
LANDFORMS  33e
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  912w
PANGAEA  148s
PLATES  148w
SUBDUCTION  14se
TECTONICS  1012nw
TRANSFORM  55e