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  83e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  107w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  2014n
CONVECTION  91e
CONVERGENT  1215nw
CORE  711s
CRUST  216s
DENSITY  816e
DIVEREGENT  1014ne
ISLANDARC  315n
LITHOSPHERE  135w
MANTLE  202w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  14s
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  144w
PANGEA  1520e
PLATE  144sw
PLATETECTONICS  135sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  24s
SUBDUCTION  85se
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1420w
THERRMAL  2015nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  44s