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  519ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1120e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  34e
CONVECTION  2020n
CONVERGENT  18se
CORE  2015sw
CRUST  89e
DENSITY  16se
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  1610s
LITHOSPHERE  142w
MANTLE  1018ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  14s
OCEANIC  913nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1417nw
PANGEA  820w
PLATE  1516nw
PLATETECTONICS  1415nw
RIFTVALLEY  1012nw
RIFTZONE  31e
STRAOVOLCANO  23e
SUBDUCTION  198s
SUPERCONTINENT  719ne
SUTUREZONE  178w
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1720n