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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  617n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  520n
CONVECTION  76e
CONVERGENT  715e
CORE  127s
CRUST  127sw
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  219n
ISLANDARC  516ne
LITHOSPHERE  1619w
MANTLE  1512se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120e
OCEANIC  420n
PALEOMAGNETISM  17s
PANGEA  151se
PLATE  151w
PLATETECTONICS  141w
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  143w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  154w
THERRMAL  157s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  207s