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  517n
BASALT  1713s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  43s
CONVECTION  816ne
CONVERGENT  116n
CORE  98sw
CRUST  98e
DENSITY  1820w
DIVEREGENT  616n
ISLANDARC  171w
LITHOSPHERE  25s
MANTLE  1111nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  183w
OCEANIC  76e
PALEOMAGNETISM  34s
PANGEA  1615sw
PLATE  1615nw
PLATETECTONICS  1514nw
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  194sw
STRAOVOLCANO  32e
SUBDUCTION  1810sw
SUPERCONTINENT  197sw
SUTUREZONE  1810s
THERRMAL  1312sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  87e