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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  618ne
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1118nw
CONVECTION  81e
CONVERGENT  107se
CORE  1118e
CRUST  1118w
DENSITY  53e
DIVEREGENT  22e
ISLANDARC  67se
LITHOSPHERE  124w
MANTLE  1111se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  2013n
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  617e
PANGEA  220n
PLATE  220e
PLATETECTONICS  120e
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  1520nw
SUBDUCTION  1817nw
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  120n
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1419w