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

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2N # T L # # O # E # # # # # #
3O # N A M # I # A # # # E # #
4I # E N R # T # G # # R # # #
5T # G D O # C # N # E # # # #
6C # R F F # E # A H A T # # #
7U # E O S # V # P # R N # # D
8D # V R N # N S L # T E # # I
9B # N M A # O # A # H N # # V
10U # O S R H C # T # Q I # # E
11S # C # T R E # E # U T # # R
12# # # I U # A # S # A N # # G
13# # L S # # N # # # K O # # E
14# # T # # # # # # # E C # # N
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  1214n
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  311n
CRUST  710sw
DIVERGENT  157s
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  11e
LANDFORMS  42s
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79s
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  97s
SUBDUCTION  111n
TECTONICS  1515w
TRANSFORM  511n