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  1112w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1615n
BASALT  16n
BOUNDARY  1010w
CONTINENTAL  21s
CONVECTION  142s
CONVERGENT  1110n
CORE  65ne
CRUST  65sw
DENSITY  218e
DIVEREGENT  1013w
ISLANDARC  129n
LITHOSPHERE  1716n
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  196s
OCEANIC  99w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1817w
PANGEA  1817n
PLATE  1817nw
PLATETECTONICS  1716nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  108nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1515n
SUBDUCTION  1720w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  316e
THERRMAL  1312n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  109n