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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  205s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  16se
CONVECTION  1618n
CONVERGENT  16e
CORE  16ne
CRUST  77sw
DENSITY  1019w
DIVEREGENT  1717n
ISLANDARC  1118w
LITHOSPHERE  144w
MANTLE  716e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  12s
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  142w
PANGEA  142e
PLATE  171w
PLATETECTONICS  161w
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  137sw
STRAOVOLCANO  157w
SUBDUCTION  108sw
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  165sw
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  1520w