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  176w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  22e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1619w
CONVECTION  92e
CONVERGENT  1114ne
CORE  1114s
CRUST  1114w
DENSITY  617n
DIVEREGENT  617e
ISLANDARC  1518w
LITHOSPHERE  58s
MANTLE  108e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  420e
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  47s
PANGEA  314n
PLATE  47se
PLATETECTONICS  58se
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  1720n
SUBDUCTION  18s
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1012nw
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  207sw