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  515n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1012s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  152w
CONVECTION  2013n
CONVERGENT  188s
CORE  1010n
CRUST  1512nw
DENSITY  1318n
DIVEREGENT  320e
ISLANDARC  146w
LITHOSPHERE  416n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  34e
OCEANIC  913n
PALEOMAGNETISM  317n
PANGEA  13e
PLATE  317e
PLATETECTONICS  416ne
RIFTVALLEY  1210s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  35e
SUBDUCTION  181w
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  217n
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  614n