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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  24se
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  115n
CONVECTION  420e
CONVERGENT  31e
CORE  92s
CRUST  1015nw
DENSITY  25se
DIVEREGENT  45se
ISLANDARC  52se
LITHOSPHERE  152s
MANTLE  1316w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1615nw
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  162s
PANGEA  1315nw
PLATE  162e
PLATETECTONICS  152w
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1115nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1614nw
SUBDUCTION  22s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  188s
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  132s