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

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5T E S # O # C # N # E N # N N
6E R M # F # E # A H I # E S O
7S G R # S # V # P T # G A C I
8# E O # N # N S N # R S R I T
9# N F # A # O O # E T # T N C
10# T D # R H C # V L # # H O U
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  710ne
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  613ne
CRUST  710sw
DIVERGENT  22s
EARTHQUAKE  136s
FAULTS  713ne
LANDFORMS  313n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  72e
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  12s
SUBDUCTION  1514n
TECTONICS  1414n
TRANSFORM  511n