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  29e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  149sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  2020n
CONVECTION  1020w
CONVERGENT  211se
CORE  77sw
CRUST  211e
DENSITY  213se
DIVEREGENT  131w
ISLANDARC  26e
LITHOSPHERE  155w
MANTLE  1015ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  215n
OCEANIC  1513sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1819n
PANGEA  72w
PLATE  72e
PLATETECTONICS  82e
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  137sw
STRAOVOLCANO  157w
SUBDUCTION  33e
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  112n
THERRMAL  1515w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  147sw