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  156w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  204s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  516e
CONVECTION  13s
CONVERGENT  13se
CORE  1011nw
CRUST  516w
DENSITY  143e
DIVEREGENT  143w
ISLANDARC  152w
LITHOSPHERE  165s
MANTLE  139nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  161sw
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  520e
PANGEA  1413n
PLATE  174sw
PLATETECTONICS  165sw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  1515n
SUBDUCTION  417e
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  121w
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  215n