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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  910s
CONVECTION  67s
CONVERGENT  910se
CORE  65nw
CRUST  65se
DENSITY  1412n
DIVEREGENT  1616n
ISLANDARC  154w
LITHOSPHERE  153s
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  13s
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  193s
PANGEA  317n
PLATE  1715n
PLATETECTONICS  1714n
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  172w
SUBDUCTION  2019n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  2020w
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  918e