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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  14e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  172w
CONVECTION  21e
CONVERGENT  143w
CORE  86s
CRUST  1215n
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  1320w
ISLANDARC  46s
LITHOSPHERE  146sw
MANTLE  145sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  219n
OCEANIC  1919n
PALEOMAGNETISM  156sw
PANGEA  156ne
PLATE  156w
PLATETECTONICS  146w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  318n
SUBDUCTION  12s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  2017n
THERRMAL  126sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1515n