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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  164sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1011ne
CONVECTION  121w
CONVERGENT  1011sw
CORE  1120ne
CRUST  121e
DENSITY  1612s
DIVEREGENT  133sw
ISLANDARC  1516w
LITHOSPHERE  414n
MANTLE  1015nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  153w
OCEANIC  410ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  216ne
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  216n
PLATETECTONICS  215n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  23se
SUBDUCTION  14s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  122w
THERRMAL  1515w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w