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  35se
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  813sw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  819e
CONVECTION  203w
CONVERGENT  1314nw
CORE  819w
CRUST  1314se
DENSITY  29n
DIVEREGENT  29s
ISLANDARC  2018nw
LITHOSPHERE  198w
MANTLE  311se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  119n
OCEANIC  39se
PALEOMAGNETISM  207s
PANGEA  207nw
PLATE  207sw
PLATETECTONICS  198sw
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  96e
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  21e
SUPERCONTINENT  37se
SUTUREZONE  32e
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  316ne