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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  2011s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  29s
CONVECTION  144w
CONVERGENT  57e
CORE  1012w
CRUST  29n
DENSITY  66e
DIVEREGENT  16s
ISLANDARC  68s
LITHOSPHERE  1618w
MANTLE  12e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  419n
OCEANIC  1313w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1719w
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  1719nw
PLATETECTONICS  1618nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  517e
STRAOVOLCANO  519n
SUBDUCTION  1820w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  37s
THERRMAL  1416w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  152w