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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  203w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1413w
CONVECTION  206w
CONVERGENT  120e
CORE  1716e
CRUST  1413nw
DENSITY  204w
DIVEREGENT  1616w
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  1317w
MANTLE  311e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  61e
OCEANIC  122e
PALEOMAGNETISM  115e
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  115s
PLATETECTONICS  114n
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  12e
SUBDUCTION  201s
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1315nw
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  157s