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  183w
ASTHENOSPHERE  519ne
BASALT  320e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  912ne
CONVECTION  101e
CONVERGENT  101w
CORE  1417w
CRUST  1417n
DENSITY  49se
DIVEREGENT  132w
ISLANDARC  1610s
LITHOSPHERE  36e
MANTLE  1714s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  155sw
OCEANIC  1114ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  25e
PANGEA  25s
PLATE  25se
PLATETECTONICS  36se
RIFTVALLEY  1019nw
RIFTZONE  112s
STRAOVOLCANO  198s
SUBDUCTION  2011s
SUPERCONTINENT  719ne
SUTUREZONE  216ne
THERRMAL  1013ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1511s