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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1316nw
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  171s
CONVECTION  216e
CONVERGENT  715n
CORE  715ne
CRUST  1510nw
DENSITY  86se
DIVEREGENT  51se
ISLANDARC  62e
LITHOSPHERE  1613n
MANTLE  204s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  31e
OCEANIC  714w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1815nw
PANGEA  1513se
PLATE  1815n
PLATETECTONICS  1814n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  44s
STRAOVOLCANO  1515w
SUBDUCTION  63s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1617nw
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  174w