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  717e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  61w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  129sw
CONVECTION  201w
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  1212e
CRUST  201s
DENSITY  2013n
DIVEREGENT  119sw
ISLANDARC  168s
LITHOSPHERE  618e
MANTLE  13s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1819n
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  519e
PANGEA  1520e
PLATE  519ne
PLATETECTONICS  618ne
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  194sw
STRAOVOLCANO  1719n
SUBDUCTION  520e
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  102w
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  816e