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  164w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1514e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  213n
CONVECTION  1013e
CONVERGENT  113n
CORE  119nw
CRUST  113s
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  71e
ISLANDARC  713n
LITHOSPHERE  173w
MANTLE  105se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  52s
OCEANIC  212s
PALEOMAGNETISM  182w
PANGEA  220e
PLATE  182sw
PLATETECTONICS  173sw
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  62s
SUBDUCTION  1516w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1019e
THERRMAL  155w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  319e