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  173w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1918n
BOUNDARY  1212e
CONTINENTAL  194w
CONVECTION  209s
CONVERGENT  18s
CORE  18n
CRUST  1117nw
DENSITY  517n
DIVEREGENT  1317nw
ISLANDARC  1417nw
LITHOSPHERE  46s
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1517w
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  24se
PANGEA  191w
PLATE  1518w
PLATETECTONICS  1418w
RIFTVALLEY  1010e
RIFTZONE  34se
STRAOVOLCANO  218n
SUBDUCTION  220e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  219e
THERRMAL  166w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  111w