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  121s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  2017n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  123sw
CONVECTION  1917n
CONVERGENT  173s
CORE  122w
CRUST  1312se
DENSITY  1412n
DIVEREGENT  66s
ISLANDARC  220e
LITHOSPHERE  49s
MANTLE  1316nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1316n
OCEANIC  114s
PALEOMAGNETISM  181w
PANGEA  53se
PLATE  53e
PLATETECTONICS  63e
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  610se
STRAOVOLCANO  183s
SUBDUCTION  1617nw
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1615n
THERRMAL  83sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  19n