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  111n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  820e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  38se
CONVECTION  176s
CONVERGENT  38e
CORE  1411s
CRUST  1512sw
DENSITY  616n
DIVEREGENT  1920n
ISLANDARC  619ne
LITHOSPHERE  32e
MANTLE  214s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  214n
OCEANIC  49s
PALEOMAGNETISM  31e
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  31s
PLATETECTONICS  32s
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  157w
SUBDUCTION  1319w
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  165sw
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  36e