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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2U O # A I # C # # O # C R # # E R # # #
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4D T # E H N O E R A O # # D N # # R S #
5U C # O O E N # N E # N I # # C A # # T
6C E # M S G A I # # T R T A # D H M # #
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10N C # E R V V C # A D B L L # O N # # #
11S # # T E I O # P # M N E A Z # # T # #
12U # L I # D A # # R # # A T S # # # A #
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ACCRETION  61se
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1714nw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  103se
CONVECTION  210n
CONVERGENT  1816w
CORE  111sw
CRUST  161se
DENSITY  1120w
DIVEREGENT  612n
ISLANDARC  1615nw
LITHOSPHERE  51s
MANTLE  186sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  414ne
OCEANIC  131sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  41s
PANGEA  911ne
PLATE  41e
PLATETECTONICS  51e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  11s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  111s
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  121se