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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  22e
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  419n
CONVECTION  39s
CONVERGENT  219n
CORE  1510sw
CRUST  1510ne
DENSITY  86se
DIVEREGENT  66s
ISLANDARC  156sw
LITHOSPHERE  1913nw
MANTLE  1111sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  203s
OCEANIC  199nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  716ne
PANGEA  620w
PLATE  620e
PLATETECTONICS  720e
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1511nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1920n
SUBDUCTION  17s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1017ne
THERRMAL  152sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  152w