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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  214n
BASALT  2013s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  217e
CONVECTION  174sw
CONVERGENT  1913nw
CORE  217s
CRUST  174w
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  141w
ISLANDARC  316n
LITHOSPHERE  1811n
MANTLE  113se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1917n
OCEANIC  1313e
PALEOMAGNETISM  64se
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  145sw
PLATETECTONICS  136sw
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  73se
SUBDUCTION  118n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  2011n
THERRMAL  715e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  720e