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  2010s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  41se
CONVECTION  1510nw
CONVERGENT  47se
CORE  412se
CRUST  105ne
DENSITY  114s
DIVEREGENT  1615n
ISLANDARC  48se
LITHOSPHERE  418e
MANTLE  220n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  320n
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1620w
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  419n
PLATETECTONICS  418n
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1511nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1617nw
SUBDUCTION  46se
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  14s
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  416e