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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2N L A T N E N I T N O C O R E # # # # #
3O # # # # T L U A F M R O F S N A R T P
4Z # # # # # # # Y E L L A V T F I R A L
5E # # # E R E H P S O N E H T S A L C A
6R S T R A O V O L C A N O # # N E I C T
7U T N E N I T N O C R E P U S O # T R E
8T # # # # # E N O I # # # F M C # H E T
9U # # # # L V N F # # S O A I E # O T E
10S # # # T E V T # S U R G S D A # S I C
11# # # N C E Z # E B M N L I O N # P O T
12# # A T R O # H D B E A V # C I # H N O
13# M I G N # C U O T N E # R E C # E # N
14# O E E # N C U I D R # U # A # # R # I
15N N # # E T N S A E # S # # N # # E A C
16T # # R I D M R G # T # # # R # # # E S
17# # T O A # C E # # # # # # I # # # G #
18# # N R # # N # Y T I S N E D # # # N #
19# # Y # # T H E R R M A L # G # # # A #
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  194s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  151e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  122w
CONVECTION  106sw
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  122e
CRUST  1512sw
DENSITY  1518w
DIVEREGENT  1510sw
ISLANDARC  159sw
LITHOSPHERE  185s
MANTLE  213ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  158s
OCEANIC  167s
PALEOMAGNETISM  203sw
PANGEA  1920n
PLATE  203s
PLATETECTONICS  204s
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  26e
SUBDUCTION  129sw
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  110n
THERRMAL  619e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  317ne