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  112ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  1014w
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  12e
CONVECTION  416e
CONVERGENT  919e
CORE  12se
CRUST  17se
DENSITY  2013s
DIVEREGENT  143sw
ISLANDARC  13se
LITHOSPHERE  312e
MANTLE  141e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  141s
OCEANIC  1313w
PALEOMAGNETISM  114ne
PANGEA  114se
PLATE  114n
PLATETECTONICS  113n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  1515w
SUBDUCTION  11e
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  717e
THERRMAL  42se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  92sw