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  131w
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  512e
CRUST  69sw
DIVERGENT  73e
EARTHQUAKE  115w
FAULTS  115n
LANDFORMS  313e
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  79w
PANGAEA  97w
PLATES  97e
SUBDUCTION  1415w
TECTONICS  1510w
TRANSFORM  511e