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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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  161w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  814w
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  211n
CONVECTION  1214nw
CONVERGENT  1510nw
CORE  1015sw
CRUST  93e
DENSITY  48se
DIVEREGENT  1215nw
ISLANDARC  27se
LITHOSPHERE  1718w
MANTLE  32se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1415w
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1920nw
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  206s
PLATETECTONICS  207s
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1511nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1219w
SUBDUCTION  14s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  120e
THERRMAL  152w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  134e