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  1913w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1012e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  119sw
CONVECTION  156w
CONVERGENT  72e
CORE  71se
CRUST  29se
DENSITY  118sw
DIVEREGENT  616e
ISLANDARC  217n
LITHOSPHERE  1915w
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  138w
OCEANIC  82w
PALEOMAGNETISM  35e
PANGEA  818e
PLATE  49e
PLATETECTONICS  59e
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  1519w
SUBDUCTION  121w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  2017n
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  99sw