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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1012n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  26s
CONVECTION  2010n
CONVERGENT  520ne
CORE  53w
CRUST  58nw
DENSITY  320ne
DIVEREGENT  616n
ISLANDARC  74e
LITHOSPHERE  73s
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120e
OCEANIC  913n
PALEOMAGNETISM  17s
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  515n
PLATETECTONICS  514n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  52e
SUBDUCTION  1911s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  317n
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  1411s