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  101sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  28n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1417w
CONVECTION  920e
CONVERGENT  113n
CORE  715nw
CRUST  1510sw
DENSITY  820w
DIVEREGENT  318n
ISLANDARC  156sw
LITHOSPHERE  141sw
MANTLE  31se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1318w
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  161w
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  161e
PLATETECTONICS  162s
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1511nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1515w
SUBDUCTION  206s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1119w
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  152sw