Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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2N # S T R A O V O L C A N O C # T # # #
3O # I E E C R A D N A L S I # I # # T E
4I # T R N N # # # E # # N # S # # R R N
5T # E E O # O # # R # O # N # # A # A O
6C # N H I # # Z # O T # E # # N S # N Z
7E # G P T N O I T C U D B U S # T # S E
8V # A S E L # # E F C # # F U # H # F R
9N # M O R # A T # O I # O # P # E # O U
10O # O H C # E S N # # R C # E # N # R T
11C # E T C T # T A # M I E T R # O T M U
12E # L I A # I # # B # F A R C # S N F S
13L # A L # N # # O # L T N E O # P E A #
14T # P # E # A U # # A V I N N # H G U #
15N # # N # E N # # # M A C C T # E R L #
16A # T # G D # # # # R L R H I # R E T #
17M A # N A # # # # # R L U E N # E V # #
18L # A R # # # # # # E E S S E # # N # #
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  512n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1012nw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  118sw
CONVECTION  111n
CONVERGENT  1820n
CORE  107n
CRUST  1315s
DENSITY  127ne
DIVEREGENT  220e
ISLANDARC  143w
LITHOSPHERE  413n
MANTLE  117n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  31e
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  314n
PANGEA  219ne
PLATE  314ne
PLATETECTONICS  413ne
RIFTVALLEY  1210s
RIFTZONE  1210nw
STRAOVOLCANO  32e
SUBDUCTION  157w
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  2012n
THERRMAL  1120n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1411s