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  23se
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  23s
CRUST  23e
DIVERGENT  157s
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  99se
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  72w
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  134s
SUBDUCTION  1014w
TECTONICS  1515w
TRANSFORM  414ne