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  314n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  2020w
BOUNDARY  1012s
CONTINENTAL  56s
CONVECTION  21e
CONVERGENT  188s
CORE  134se
CRUST  56e
DENSITY  616n
DIVEREGENT  77s
ISLANDARC  125w
LITHOSPHERE  215n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  13e
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  116n
PANGEA  42e
PLATE  116ne
PLATETECTONICS  215ne
RIFTVALLEY  1210s
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  14e
SUBDUCTION  206s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  1617n
THERRMAL  413n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w