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  175s
BASALT  419e
BOUNDARY  1012s
CONTINENTAL  720e
CONVECTION  127w
CONVERGENT  1616n
CORE  116s
CRUST  81sw
DENSITY  149s
DIVEREGENT  616n
ISLANDARC  1516w
LITHOSPHERE  183w
MANTLE  714n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  156w
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  201sw
PANGEA  201s
PLATE  201w
PLATETECTONICS  191w
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  135w
STRAOVOLCANO  16s
SUBDUCTION  218n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  2010s
THERRMAL  317n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  49s