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  1614n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  207n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1119w
CONVECTION  720e
CONVERGENT  1015nw
CORE  119ne
CRUST  113e
DENSITY  216e
DIVEREGENT  1514nw
ISLANDARC  75e
LITHOSPHERE  1715n
MANTLE  318e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  183w
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1816n
PANGEA  1816w
PLATE  1816nw
PLATETECTONICS  1715nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1115nw
STRAOVOLCANO  184w
SUBDUCTION  118n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  31e
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  1513n