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  1211nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  35se
BASALT  103w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  19s
CONVECTION  209sw
CONVERGENT  209s
CORE  1312s
CRUST  19n
DENSITY  213s
DIVEREGENT  164w
ISLANDARC  71e
LITHOSPHERE  196w
MANTLE  21s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  75se
OCEANIC  39se
PALEOMAGNETISM  205w
PANGEA  1812nw
PLATE  205nw
PLATETECTONICS  196sw
RIFTVALLEY  106se
RIFTZONE  34se
STRAOVOLCANO  320ne
SUBDUCTION  320e
SUPERCONTINENT  37se
SUTUREZONE  192w
THERRMAL  419n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  419e