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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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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CONTINENT  211e
CONVECTION  79n
CONVERGENT  310n
CRUST  1215n
DIVERGENT  147s
EARTHQUAKE  115s
FAULTS  86n
LANDFORMS  410n
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  214e
PANGAEA  97n
PLATES  63s
SUBDUCTION  26s
TECTONICS  1415w
TRANSFORM  511n