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  1512n
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  611ne
CRUST  109se
DIVERGENT  715e
EARTHQUAKE  33e
FAULTS  1012w
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99e
PANGAEA  77w
PLATES  65e
SUBDUCTION  52e
TECTONICS  1413n
TRANSFORM  414e