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  317ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  73w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  151sw
CONVECTION  619e
CONVERGENT  910ne
CORE  910n
CRUST  45e
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  131sw
ISLANDARC  25s
LITHOSPHERE  208s
MANTLE  17n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  17s
OCEANIC  138ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  1818w
PANGEA  1617w
PLATE  1617nw
PLATETECTONICS  1516nw
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  510se
STRAOVOLCANO  1712nw
SUBDUCTION  618ne
SUPERCONTINENT  315ne
SUTUREZONE  920e
THERRMAL  36se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  818ne