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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2N # # # # # # # S U B D U C T I O N # #
3E # A # # T L U A F M R O F S N A R T #
4G # C M I D O C E A N R I D G E S R H T
5R # C S T R A O V O L C A N O C A I E L
6E # R I E # C R A D N A L S I N S F R A
7V # E T R # # E # # # # # N S # T T R S
8N # T E E # # # R # # # O F U # H V M A
9O # I N H # # # # O # T O # P # E A A B
10C # O G P # T S U R C R C # E C N L L #
11O # N A S # # # # E M E E # R O O L # #
12N # # M O U # # T B A N A # C N S E # #
13T # # O H # T E O # N C N # O V P Y # #
14I # # E T # T U # # T H I # N E H # # #
15N # # L I A N # R # L E C # T C E # # #
16E # # A L D # # # E E S # # I T R # # #
17N # # P A N G E A # Z # # # N I E # # #
18T # # R I F T Z O N E O # # E O # # # #
19A # Y # # # # # # # # # N # N N # # # #
20L # # # # # # # # # # # # E T # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ACCRETION  33s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  209n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  110s
CONVECTION  1610s
CONVERGENT  110n
CORE  1110nw
CRUST  1110w
DENSITY  131e
DIVEREGENT  131w
ISLANDARC  156w
LITHOSPHERE  516n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  44e
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  417n
PANGEA  417e
PLATE  417ne
PLATETECTONICS  516ne
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  45e
SUBDUCTION  92e
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  511se
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  129s