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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  910sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  320ne
CONVECTION  117ne
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  820n
CRUST  165ne
DENSITY  96w
DIVEREGENT  34e
ISLANDARC  420ne
LITHOSPHERE  1420n
MANTLE  207n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  143w
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  2020n
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  1520e
PLATETECTONICS  1420w
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  1113s
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  121w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  138sw
THERRMAL  1220n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  27s