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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1416nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  718ne
CONVECTION  219e
CONVERGENT  2020w
CORE  19se
CRUST  617n
DENSITY  413n
DIVEREGENT  189sw
ISLANDARC  318n
LITHOSPHERE  208s
MANTLE  176n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  15s
OCEANIC  518ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  1418nw
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  1418w
PLATETECTONICS  1318w
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  117se
STRAOVOLCANO  26s
SUBDUCTION  132w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  151w
THERRMAL  1118ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  163sw