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  1719nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  24se
BOUNDARY  1010ne
CONTINENTAL  145w
CONVECTION  62e
CONVERGENT  28s
CORE  417s
CRUST  417n
DENSITY  66e
DIVEREGENT  163w
ISLANDARC  1218nw
LITHOSPHERE  13s
MANTLE  1111ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  181sw
OCEANIC  72w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1814n
PANGEA  918ne
PLATE  165sw
PLATETECTONICS  156sw
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  151w
STRAOVOLCANO  167sw
SUBDUCTION  318n
SUPERCONTINENT  1519nw
SUTUREZONE  1820w
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  619ne