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

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  315e
CONVECTION  77e
CONVERGENT  315n
CRUST  145n
DIVERGENT  34e
EARTHQUAKE  1313w
FAULTS  76e
LANDFORMS  33e
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  77w
PANGAEA  99e
PLATES  99w
SUBDUCTION  113n
TECTONICS  26s
TRANSFORM  55e