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  207sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  614sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  18s
CONVECTION  18e
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  2012sw
CRUST  1310w
DENSITY  120ne
DIVEREGENT  171w
ISLANDARC  2016w
LITHOSPHERE  206sw
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  718e
OCEANIC  19n
PALEOMAGNETISM  205sw
PANGEA  126w
PLATE  205s
PLATETECTONICS  206s
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1316ne
STRAOVOLCANO  817e
SUBDUCTION  815ne
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  1419w
THERRMAL  208sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  81w