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  195sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  51e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  38s
CONVECTION  1320nw
CONVERGENT  136w
CORE  813n
CRUST  38n
DENSITY  1020ne
DIVEREGENT  13s
ISLANDARC  312se
LITHOSPHERE  87se
MANTLE  2018w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  53e
OCEANIC  199sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  205s
PANGEA  152w
PLATE  1520nw
PLATETECTONICS  1419nw
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  137sw
STRAOVOLCANO  157w
SUBDUCTION  27s
SUPERCONTINENT  197sw
SUTUREZONE  1920nw
THERRMAL  1916nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  112s