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  169s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  110s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  619e
CONVECTION  29s
CONVERGENT  1114nw
CORE  1114e
CRUST  611s
DENSITY  16e
DIVEREGENT  196s
ISLANDARC  718e
LITHOSPHERE  178s
MANTLE  1410ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1820w
OCEANIC  139w
PALEOMAGNETISM  187s
PANGEA  118w
PLATE  187sw
PLATETECTONICS  178sw
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  520n
SUBDUCTION  91e
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  152w
THERRMAL  1510s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  27se