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  710ne
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  1412w
CRUST  710e
DIVERGENT  69n
EARTHQUAKE  1513n
FAULTS  814e
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  72e
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  149n
SUBDUCTION  23s
TECTONICS  511n
TRANSFORM  511e