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

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3# C # # S M R O F D N A L M E
4# O O C E A N A # # # I # R G
5# N # N # # U # # # T # # O R
6# T # # V L # # C H # # S F E
7# I # # T E # # O # # # U S V
8# N # S # # R S N # # # B N I
9A E A G N A P G V # # # D A D
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  23s
CONVECTION  97s
CONVERGENT  23se
CRUST  111e
DIVERGENT  159n
EARTHQUAKE  101w
FAULTS  93sw
LANDFORMS  133w
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  34e
PANGAEA  79w
PLATES  79s
SUBDUCTION  136s
TECTONICS  12e
TRANSFORM  1411n