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  121sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  1010s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  21s
CONVECTION  117ne
CONVERGENT  204s
CORE  71s
CRUST  71se
DENSITY  98sw
DIVEREGENT  1119w
ISLANDARC  312n
LITHOSPHERE  123s
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  96s
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  141sw
PANGEA  141e
PLATE  141w
PLATETECTONICS  131w
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  11s
SUBDUCTION  720e
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1615n
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  2013s