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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ACCRETION  195sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1215ne
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  312n
CONVECTION  118ne
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  1814sw
CRUST  312ne
DENSITY  2020n
DIVEREGENT  134w
ISLANDARC  1818w
LITHOSPHERE  188sw
MANTLE  516ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  520e
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  187sw
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  187s
PLATETECTONICS  188s
RIFTVALLEY  194sw
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  619e
SUBDUCTION  183w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  146w
THERRMAL  1810sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  27s