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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V A S U O F C W N I E R R O C
K M M A F I E Y A H S Q T I C
G Z R F S Y V N P A A N H T O
G Q O O N U N S Y F E Y Q C N
R W F S A O O I N G H J U U T
P S D E R H C C R P Q B A D I
L P N X T R R E E C V T K B N
A V A I U W V J S A P O E U E
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E I T X O O S C I N O T C E T
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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CONTINENT  156s
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  415ne
CRUST  710sw
DIVERGENT  1315w
EARTHQUAKE  133s
FAULTS  47n
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79se
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  110s
SUBDUCTION  1413n
TECTONICS  1514w
TRANSFORM  511n