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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  913w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  16e
CONVECTION  1314w
CONVERGENT  132w
CORE  16ne
CRUST  132e
DENSITY  1112w
DIVEREGENT  1616w
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  315e
MANTLE  311e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1417w
OCEANIC  137ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  118e
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  118n
PLATETECTONICS  117n
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  11e
SUBDUCTION  89se
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  153w
THERRMAL  157s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  207s