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  14e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  58s
CONVECTION  92se
CONVERGENT  813e
CORE  133s
CRUST  147w
DENSITY  1813n
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  28s
LITHOSPHERE  15e
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  18e
OCEANIC  139w
PALEOMAGNETISM  13s
PANGEA  614n
PLATE  13e
PLATETECTONICS  23e
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  1012e
STRAOVOLCANO  1920w
SUBDUCTION  142w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1818w
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n