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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  916n
BOUNDARY  1212e
CONTINENTAL  820n
CONVECTION  188w
CONVERGENT  13s
CORE  1617ne
CRUST  1517nw
DENSITY  162w
DIVEREGENT  184w
ISLANDARC  118se
LITHOSPHERE  620n
MANTLE  314s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  23s
OCEANIC  819e
PALEOMAGNETISM  1516nw
PANGEA  2020n
PLATE  2020w
PLATETECTONICS  1920w
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  209w
STRAOVOLCANO  720n
SUBDUCTION  34s
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  205s
THERRMAL  1720nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  56s