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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  2018w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  162w
CONVECTION  713ne
CONVERGENT  114n
CORE  162se
CRUST  162e
DENSITY  220n
DIVEREGENT  67se
ISLANDARC  1615nw
LITHOSPHERE  513n
MANTLE  1911n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  41se
OCEANIC  74e
PALEOMAGNETISM  414n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  414ne
PLATETECTONICS  513ne
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1220e
STRAOVOLCANO  171w
SUBDUCTION  24s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1912nw
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n