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  45s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1010n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1118w
CONVECTION  175s
CONVERGENT  910n
CORE  910s
CRUST  175n
DENSITY  66s
DIVEREGENT  1820w
ISLANDARC  1314w
LITHOSPHERE  34s
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  216e
OCEANIC  1018e
PALEOMAGNETISM  23s
PANGEA  143s
PLATE  23se
PLATETECTONICS  34se
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1212n
STRAOVOLCANO  215e
SUBDUCTION  1612n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1311n
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  56s