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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  196sw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  92e
CONVECTION  1920w
CONVERGENT  1010nw
CORE  96sw
CRUST  1215ne
DENSITY  141e
DIVEREGENT  144w
ISLANDARC  136sw
LITHOSPHERE  36s
MANTLE  17s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  219ne
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  26s
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  26e
PLATETECTONICS  16e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  218ne
SUBDUCTION  194s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  194sw
THERRMAL  56s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n