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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  98w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  132w
CONVECTION  613ne
CONVERGENT  614ne
CORE  216se
CRUST  711w
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  719e
ISLANDARC  315e
LITHOSPHERE  135w
MANTLE  131e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  14s
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  144w
PANGEA  1420w
PLATE  144sw
PLATETECTONICS  135sw
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  24s
SUBDUCTION  2017n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  11e
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  117w