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  112n
CONVECTION  77e
CONVERGENT  215e
CRUST  67nw
DIVERGENT  1315nw
EARTHQUAKE  1111w
FAULTS  152w
LANDFORMS  33e
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  147s
PANGAEA  99e
PLATES  144w
SUBDUCTION  31e
TECTONICS  314e
TRANSFORM  55e