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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  109n
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  110ne
CRUST  59nw
DIVERGENT  149n
EARTHQUAKE  1411w
FAULTS  124s
LANDFORMS  1313w
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99n
PANGAEA  58ne
PLATES  312e
SUBDUCTION  155s
TECTONICS  101w
TRANSFORM  1111n