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  312n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  412ne
BOUNDARY  1012s
CONTINENTAL  204s
CONVECTION  1317n
CONVERGENT  128sw
CORE  87n
CRUST  128ne
DENSITY  127ne
DIVEREGENT  127sw
ISLANDARC  123w
LITHOSPHERE  213n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  11e
OCEANIC  913s
PALEOMAGNETISM  114n
PANGEA  114s
PLATE  114ne
PLATETECTONICS  213ne
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  1210s
STRAOVOLCANO  12e
SUBDUCTION  315ne
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  611ne
THERRMAL  411n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w