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

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2L # S # # S C I N O T C E T #
3A # U E K A U Q H T R A E N #
4N # B # # # # # # # # R # E #
5D # D # # # # # # N E # # N #
6F A U L T S # # # H A # # I #
7O # C S E T A L P # # E # T #
8R # T # # # # S # # # # C N #
9M # I # # C O N V E C T I O N
10S # O # R H # # # # # # # C #
11# # N U T R A N S F O R M # #
12# # S I # # P A N G A E A # #
13# T L # # T N E G R E V N O C
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  1410n
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  1513w
CRUST  69sw
DIVERGENT  914w
EARTHQUAKE  133w
FAULTS  16e
LANDFORMS  12s
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  149nw
PANGAEA  712e
PLATES  97w
SUBDUCTION  32s
TECTONICS  142w
TRANSFORM  511e