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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L Y T I S N E D I V E R E G E N T O T J
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  96se
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  23s
CONVECTION  1510nw
CONVERGENT  1920w
CORE  710w
CRUST  92se
DENSITY  819w
DIVEREGENT  819e
ISLANDARC  34s
LITHOSPHERE  1314w
MANTLE  115s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  115n
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1415w
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  1415nw
PLATETECTONICS  1314nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1511nw
STRAOVOLCANO  12e
SUBDUCTION  1718w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1614n
THERRMAL  1112w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  1114nw