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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6A # T # # # T N E G E R E V I D C F # #
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10T N F A # T # # A D # B # # # I T N # H
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  49s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  31e
CONVECTION  1716w
CONVERGENT  218n
CORE  64ne
CRUST  1716sw
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  127sw
LITHOSPHERE  65e
MANTLE  67s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  24e
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  17e
PANGEA  17n
PLATE  17s
PLATETECTONICS  18s
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  120e
SUBDUCTION  137sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1014e
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n