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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2# A # S E G D I R N A E C O D I M # # A
3# N # C O N A C L O V O A R T S # # Y N
4# G # I S L A N D A R C I E I # L R # T
5# E # N # # E # # # S F R T # A A T # L
6# A T O # R # # # E T E E # T D C N # E
7S # L T O # # # H Z H N # N N E C E # #
8U # U C # # # C O P G # E U # N R G # #
9B # A E # # N N S A # N O T # S E R # #
10D # F T # E E O M B I B S # # I T E # #
11U # M E R # H O A T M U # # # T I V # #
12C # R T # T E S N R R # # # # Y O N # #
13T # O A I L A O O C E A N I C # N O # #
14I # F L A L C F N O I T C E V N O C # #
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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1010sw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  714ne
CONVECTION  1814w
CONVERGENT  1814n
CORE  48ne
CRUST  1013ne
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  320e
ISLANDARC  44e
LITHOSPHERE  414ne
MANTLE  201s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  172w
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  415ne
PANGEA  21s
PLATE  415n
PLATETECTONICS  414n
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  143sw
STRAOVOLCANO  163w
SUBDUCTION  17s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  31e
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  412ne