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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1915s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  24e
CONVECTION  2015n
CONVERGENT  219ne
CORE  29se
CRUST  29e
DENSITY  141e
DIVEREGENT  11e
ISLANDARC  1516w
LITHOSPHERE  118sw
MANTLE  818e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  12s
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  142w
PANGEA  216ne
PLATE  216n
PLATETECTONICS  215n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  137sw
STRAOVOLCANO  157w
SUBDUCTION  146w
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  420ne
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  28e