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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4E # # R M S I T E N G A M O E L A P # U
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6E # # F S N D R # N O I T E R C C A # C
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10I # O L N # E # N R A O D # # # # E # B
11D # Z L O # R # T I M N L N E R O C # D
12E # E E S # C # I F A B R C A # # T # U
13N # R Y P # O # N T N A O I A L # O # C
14S # U # H # N # E Z T S # U D N S N # T
15I # T A E # T # N O L A # # N G O I # I
16T # U E R # I # T N E L # # # D E C # O
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  186w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  98s
CONVECTION  519e
CONVERGENT  81e
CORE  1811w
CRUST  206n
DENSITY  111s
DIVEREGENT  111n
ISLANDARC  1815nw
LITHOSPHERE  185w
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  54se
OCEANIC  91w
PALEOMAGNETISM  184w
PANGEA  420n
PLATE  184s
PLATETECTONICS  185s
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1010s
STRAOVOLCANO  64se
SUBDUCTION  208s
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  317n
THERRMAL  187w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  720e