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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R C Q O C D I I I N A J G C B O O N T B
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G D T O R N J U C N E A U E S P A M U V
E B N L E S W T O E A N R S A H G Y A N
N U E C T I D U S B V E T C L E N E F T
T S G A I T V K W U M N C A T R E L M V
A R R N O Y Q C G F R R O O L E T L R F
I O E O N I C I N A E C O C D V I A O Y
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T G C R E R E H P S O N E H T S A I A N
K N U Z R J G M M B E N O Z T F I R R D
D T H G M A U Y J S L L A M R R E H T F
F D C E R J Q Q C J Z Q H V D A E A M A
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  156s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  52se
CONVECTION  1413nw
CONVERGENT  317n
CORE  102s
CRUST  1213nw
DENSITY  66s
DIVEREGENT  12s
ISLANDARC  62se
LITHOSPHERE  162s
MANTLE  188n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1715nw
OCEANIC  1313w
PALEOMAGNETISM  172s
PANGEA  916w
PLATE  172w
PLATETECTONICS  162w
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  42s
SUBDUCTION  211n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  71e
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  142s