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  415n
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  131s
CRUST  910se
DIVERGENT  515e
EARTHQUAKE  55s
FAULTS  315n
LANDFORMS  119n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99s
PANGAEA  77n
PLATES  77s
SUBDUCTION  21s
TECTONICS  152s
TRANSFORM  144s