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  612e
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  612ne
CRUST  36e
DIVERGENT  1510w
EARTHQUAKE  133w
FAULTS  215n
LANDFORMS  313e
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  149n
PANGAEA  81e
PLATES  97w
SUBDUCTION  311n
TECTONICS  13s
TRANSFORM  29n