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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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  76se
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  1410nw
CRUST  76nw
DIVERGENT  29n
EARTHQUAKE  106s
FAULTS  1511n
LANDFORMS  413n
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  87ne
PANGAEA  69s
PLATES  113w
SUBDUCTION  313n
TECTONICS  712ne
TRANSFORM  55s