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  1212w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  203sw
CONVECTION  34s
CONVERGENT  1918n
CORE  174n
CRUST  127sw
DENSITY  114se
DIVEREGENT  1616w
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  122w
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1415w
OCEANIC  1519w
PALEOMAGNETISM  54s
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  54e
PLATETECTONICS  64e
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  151w
SUBDUCTION  117n
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  23s
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  514e