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  214n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  121e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  162sw
CONVECTION  1611s
CONVERGENT  1512nw
CORE  1512sw
CRUST  102sw
DENSITY  146sw
DIVEREGENT  122sw
ISLANDARC  312se
LITHOSPHERE  313n
MANTLE  714sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  142w
OCEANIC  1513sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  115ne
PANGEA  115s
PLATE  115e
PLATETECTONICS  114n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  1511sw
STRAOVOLCANO  12se
SUBDUCTION  38se
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  2014n
THERRMAL  29se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w