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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  54s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  113n
CONVECTION  198s
CONVERGENT  311s
CORE  1417w
CRUST  113s
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  187s
ISLANDARC  188w
LITHOSPHERE  204w
MANTLE  2015s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  207w
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  202s
PANGEA  116e
PLATE  202w
PLATETECTONICS  192w
RIFTVALLEY  1010s
RIFTZONE  810se
STRAOVOLCANO  416n
SUBDUCTION  511s
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  820n
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1013se