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  41s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  204s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  63s
CONVECTION  12s
CONVERGENT  21s
CORE  125ne
CRUST  710se
DENSITY  1811n
DIVEREGENT  1020w
ISLANDARC  76se
LITHOSPHERE  51s
MANTLE  1910n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  81se
OCEANIC  139se
PALEOMAGNETISM  31e
PANGEA  2016w
PLATE  31s
PLATETECTONICS  32s
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  151sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  173sw
THERRMAL  72se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  120n