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  213n
CONVECTION  99n
CONVERGENT  131s
CRUST  910se
DIVERGENT  214e
EARTHQUAKE  55s
FAULTS  126n
LANDFORMS  110n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  92w
PANGAEA  77n
PLATES  1513n
SUBDUCTION  1414n
TECTONICS  25se
TRANSFORM  1111n