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  143w
CONVECTION  77e
CONVERGENT  143sw
CRUST  117ne
DIVERGENT  31e
EARTHQUAKE  1313w
FAULTS  23s
LANDFORMS  33s
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  77n
PANGAEA  99e
PLATES  1415n
SUBDUCTION  315e
TECTONICS  113sw
TRANSFORM  512e