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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5C # A I A A C S T R A O V O L C A N O C
6O # N F S N # O I E # C R A D N A L S I
7N # S T T I S # N T R # L # # # E # # N
8V # F V H C U F # V E E # A # # # R # O
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10C I R L N # E A # R # R G P A R # # # C
11T V M L O E R # N # M # G A S N R # # E
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  11e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  52e
CONVECTION  15s
CONVERGENT  75se
CORE  2010nw
CRUST  52w
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  29s
ISLANDARC  206w
LITHOSPHERE  2016nw
MANTLE  149se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  74e
OCEANIC  62s
PALEOMAGNETISM  2017nw
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  2017n
PLATETECTONICS  2016n
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  85e
SUBDUCTION  73e
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  620n
THERRMAL  2014nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  715e