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

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CONTINENT  69n
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  1510nw
CRUST  119ne
DIVERGENT  1213w
EARTHQUAKE  510n
FAULTS  82e
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79n
PANGAEA  1014w
PLATES  1014e
SUBDUCTION  25s
TECTONICS  61e
TRANSFORM  511e