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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  201s
BOUNDARY  1212e
CONTINENTAL  47s
CONVECTION  2010s
CONVERGENT  132w
CORE  1213e
CRUST  616sw
DENSITY  25s
DIVEREGENT  53e
ISLANDARC  89s
LITHOSPHERE  1819w
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  620n
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  1920w
PANGEA  111n
PLATE  1920nw
PLATETECTONICS  1819nw
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1010e
STRAOVOLCANO  720n
SUBDUCTION  101w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  101e
THERRMAL  1617w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  1619nw