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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  118se
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  420e
CONVECTION  61e
CONVERGENT  1015nw
CORE  1015sw
CRUST  1914s
DENSITY  174w
DIVEREGENT  66e
ISLANDARC  1813n
LITHOSPHERE  83e
MANTLE  23se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  202s
OCEANIC  1611n
PALEOMAGNETISM  72e
PANGEA  72w
PLATE  72se
PLATETECTONICS  83se
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1115nw
STRAOVOLCANO  192s
SUBDUCTION  1716nw
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  1113nw
THERRMAL  215n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  1715nw