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  156w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  2018w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  182w
CONVECTION  311n
CONVERGENT  53e
CORE  1011se
CRUST  146sw
DENSITY  177s
DIVEREGENT  61e
ISLANDARC  615n
LITHOSPHERE  165w
MANTLE  12e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  44s
OCEANIC  1610s
PALEOMAGNETISM  174w
PANGEA  1320e
PLATE  174sw
PLATETECTONICS  165sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  54s
SUBDUCTION  204sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  204s
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  147w