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  194w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1917nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  11e
CONVECTION  215n
CONVERGENT  11s
CORE  199w
CRUST  712se
DENSITY  612s
DIVEREGENT  1819nw
ISLANDARC  1913nw
LITHOSPHERE  193w
MANTLE  118n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  62se
OCEANIC  713se
PALEOMAGNETISM  192w
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  192s
PLATETECTONICS  191s
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  711se
STRAOVOLCANO  72se
SUBDUCTION  1720nw
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  1720w
THERRMAL  195w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  41se