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  1615w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  158s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  120e
CONVECTION  617e
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  120ne
CRUST  120n
DENSITY  132e
DIVEREGENT  132w
ISLANDARC  719e
LITHOSPHERE  56e
MANTLE  1616n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1616w
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  25e
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  41e
PLATETECTONICS  51e
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  164w
SUBDUCTION  176sw
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  1418w
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  27s