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  517n
BASALT  1120w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  910se
CONVECTION  216n
CONVERGENT  1914n
CORE  1215s
CRUST  216s
DENSITY  112n
DIVEREGENT  612ne
ISLANDARC  1615nw
LITHOSPHERE  173w
MANTLE  1714nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  614n
OCEANIC  511ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  191sw
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  191w
PLATETECTONICS  181w
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  61se
SUBDUCTION  201s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  719ne
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1619nw