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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2# # P L A T E T E C T O N I C S # # # A
3# # T R A N S F O R M F A U L T # # # S
4E # # R I F T V A L L E Y # # # # # E A
5R # O # A S T H E N O S P H E R E G # L
6E # # N # N # T N E G E R E V I D # # T
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10O # # # I U # O T R # G A # N A # N # R
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12T # L # # T N E R O C B # A H D # E # M
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  201s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  127sw
CONVECTION  188s
CONVERGENT  191w
CORE  1112w
CRUST  68s
DENSITY  914nw
DIVEREGENT  176w
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  114n
MANTLE  716nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  716ne
OCEANIC  313s
PALEOMAGNETISM  216e
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  32e
PLATETECTONICS  42e
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  1416nw
SUBDUCTION  619e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1220w
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  157s