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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1219e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  109se
CONVECTION  820e
CONVERGENT  109e
CORE  1516se
CRUST  712sw
DENSITY  1417w
DIVEREGENT  1218w
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  186w
MANTLE  1215nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  183w
OCEANIC  713sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  21s
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  21e
PLATETECTONICS  11e
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  118e
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  172w
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  144w
THERRMAL  715e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  1312e