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  419ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  2012w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1319w
CONVECTION  1719nw
CONVERGENT  127sw
CORE  2018w
CRUST  2018n
DENSITY  188n
DIVEREGENT  1110e
ISLANDARC  1210se
LITHOSPHERE  28s
MANTLE  412se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120ne
OCEANIC  212se
PALEOMAGNETISM  17s
PANGEA  17n
PLATE  17se
PLATETECTONICS  28se
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1510sw
STRAOVOLCANO  1420w
SUBDUCTION  21e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1519nw
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1320ne