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  212n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  183s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1112w
CONVECTION  717e
CONVERGENT  1510nw
CORE  68w
CRUST  717w
DENSITY  113s
DIVEREGENT  113e
ISLANDARC  1015w
LITHOSPHERE  218e
MANTLE  193s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1516nw
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  216e
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  2016s
PLATETECTONICS  2015n
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1511nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1416nw
SUBDUCTION  1413nw
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  620e
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  152w