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  1218w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  141s
BOUNDARY  1010n
CONTINENTAL  28s
CONVECTION  611se
CONVERGENT  68se
CORE  713sw
CRUST  516n
DENSITY  1920nw
DIVEREGENT  1110n
ISLANDARC  39s
LITHOSPHERE  1319w
MANTLE  86nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120ne
OCEANIC  99n
PALEOMAGNETISM  1420w
PANGEA  136n
PLATE  1420nw
PLATETECTONICS  1319nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  912se
STRAOVOLCANO  17s
SUBDUCTION  203s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  161s
THERRMAL  18ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  1519nw