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  67s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  138n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1411n
CONVECTION  36s
CONVERGENT  1411nw
CORE  1112s
CRUST  620w
DENSITY  2010n
DIVEREGENT  2010s
ISLANDARC  1516w
LITHOSPHERE  56s
MANTLE  72se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  418e
OCEANIC  1410nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  45s
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  45se
PLATETECTONICS  56se
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  816n
STRAOVOLCANO  417e
SUBDUCTION  21se
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  21s
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  78s