Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
COMPRESSION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CORE
CRUST
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOLDING
INNERCORE
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MESOSPHERE
NORMALFAULT
OUTERCORE
PLATETECTONICS
REVERSEFAULT
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
STRESS
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT
SUBDUCTIONZONE
TECTONICPLATES
TENSION
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY

It contains tectonic plates and boundaries. Wegeners theory on continental drift and sea-floor spreading.

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
ASTHENOSPHERE  44e
COMPRESSION  183w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  1620nw
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  174sw
CORE  1620n
CRUST  1620e
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  192s
FAULT  132e
FOLDING  66e
INNERCORE  1717n
LITHOSPHERE  185sw
MANTLE  718e
MESOSPHERE  718ne
NORMALFAULT  165w
OUTERCORE  19se
PLATETECTONICS  184s
REVERSEFAULT  219e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  1111se
STRESS  1111ne
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT  22e
SUBDUCTIONZONE  205s
TECTONICPLATES  15s
TENSION  912nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  171w