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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2A # # # # U C O N T I N E N T A L T # #
3N # M # # T # I # # # # # # # T N E Y #
4T # S # # U O S N # # E # # S E # R # #
5L # I # E R N L # O # R # U G # A E # #
6E # T # R E A A # C T O R E # D # H # #
7# # E # E Z C N # E # C R # N E # P # #
8# # N # H O L D # A # E E U # N # S # L
9# # G # P N O A # N V # O T # S # O # A
10# # A # S E V R # I # B # # E I # H # M
11N # M E O # O C D C M # # # # T # T # R
12O # O N N # A # S R # # # # # Y A I # R
13I # E O E # R # O E # # # B A S A L T E
14T # L Z H # T F # # H # # A E G N A P H
15C # A T T # S U P E R C O N T I N E N T
16E # P F S N # E G D I R N A E C O D I M
17V # # I A C C R E T I O N E # # # # # #
18N # # R I F T V A L L E Y # R # # # # #
19O # T R A N S F O R M F A U L T # # # #
20C # # # T N E G R E V N O C # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  1413e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  72e
CONVECTION  120n
CONVERGENT  1420w
CORE  127n
CRUST  127ne
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  911ne
ISLANDARC  83s
LITHOSPHERE  1813n
MANTLE  11s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  2016w
OCEANIC  105s
PALEOMAGNETISM  316n
PANGEA  1914w
PLATE  1914nw
PLATETECTONICS  1813nw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  61e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  61s
THERRMAL  2015n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1619nw