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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1911s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  161w
CONVECTION  16s
CONVERGENT  157s
CORE  157se
CRUST  161e
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  1620w
ISLANDARC  1520nw
LITHOSPHERE  2013n
MANTLE  215s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  46s
OCEANIC  713se
PALEOMAGNETISM  22s
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  22e
PLATETECTONICS  12e
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  96e
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  65se
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1516nw