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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  208nw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  199s
CONVECTION  205sw
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  1515ne
CRUST  18e
DENSITY  207sw
DIVEREGENT  181sw
ISLANDARC  219n
LITHOSPHERE  119e
MANTLE  1420e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1718w
OCEANIC  79nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  120e
PANGEA  713ne
PLATE  120n
PLATETECTONICS  119n
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  2010n
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  617ne
THERRMAL  72e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  161w