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  96w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  514s
BOUNDARY  1012n
CONTINENTAL  29s
CONVECTION  71e
CONVERGENT  113w
CORE  916sw
CRUST  911nw
DENSITY  15e
DIVEREGENT  167s
ISLANDARC  417n
LITHOSPHERE  2019n
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  132w
OCEANIC  711s
PALEOMAGNETISM  135s
PANGEA  94w
PLATE  94s
PLATETECTONICS  95s
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  1317nw
SUBDUCTION  1411s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  317n
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  820w