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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1017n
BOUNDARY  1212s
CONTINENTAL  1916nw
CONVECTION  110n
CONVERGENT  110s
CORE  1911nw
CRUST  1916sw
DENSITY  128se
DIVEREGENT  63e
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  213n
MANTLE  2015n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  32e
OCEANIC  1313s
PALEOMAGNETISM  194w
PANGEA  215s
PLATE  194s
PLATETECTONICS  195s
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  176w
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  1917nw
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  65se
THERRMAL  720e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  118sw