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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L O S C I N O T C E T I A U U
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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CONTINENT  211e
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  1510n
CRUST  1510s
DIVERGENT  52e
EARTHQUAKE  33e
FAULTS  78nw
LANDFORMS  1313n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  29n
PANGAEA  77w
PLATES  77e
SUBDUCTION  1413n
TECTONICS  1112w
TRANSFORM  151w