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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8N # F V H # U F T S # N # E V E # P C T
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ACCRETION  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1210nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1211nw
CONVECTION  110n
CONVERGENT  218n
CORE  218e
CRUST  1211se
DENSITY  1719w
DIVEREGENT  93se
ISLANDARC  1116e
LITHOSPHERE  1814n
MANTLE  162w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  73e
OCEANIC  1810nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  2016nw
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  2016n
PLATETECTONICS  2015n
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  203sw
SUBDUCTION  189sw
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  31e
THERRMAL  720e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  194s