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  316n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1917nw
BASALT  102se
BOUNDARY  1010sw
CONTINENTAL  419e
CONVECTION  510ne
CONVERGENT  810se
CORE  914s
CRUST  510n
DENSITY  1011ne
DIVEREGENT  1011sw
ISLANDARC  518e
LITHOSPHERE  415n
MANTLE  1811n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  118n
OCEANIC  99sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  217ne
PANGEA  217n
PLATE  167sw
PLATETECTONICS  158sw
RIFTVALLEY  131w
RIFTZONE  1918nw
STRAOVOLCANO  320e
SUBDUCTION  22s
SUPERCONTINENT  1915nw
SUTUREZONE  172s
THERRMAL  1112se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  413ne