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  154s
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  135s
CRUST  96ne
DIVERGENT  1015n
EARTHQUAKE  511n
FAULTS  62e
LANDFORMS  1412n
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  914w
PANGAEA  79s
PLATES  1213n
SUBDUCTION  25s
TECTONICS  211ne
TRANSFORM  115s