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

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2T E C T O N I C S # E D # # O
3N # L # F A U L T S K I # # I
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5G # N # T # # # E # U E # # C
6R # D # R H C # T # Q R # # U
7E # F # A # O # A # H G # # D
8V # O # N # N S L # T E # # B
9N # R # S # V # P # R N # # U
10O # M # F # E # A H A T # # S
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  121w
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  111n
CRUST  111s
DIVERGENT  122s
EARTHQUAKE  1111n
FAULTS  53e
LANDFORMS  33s
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  714w
PANGAEA  99s
PLATES  99n
SUBDUCTION  1510n
TECTONICS  12e
TRANSFORM  55s