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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  11s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  410s
CONVECTION  211n
CONVERGENT  1418w
CORE  914sw
CRUST  914nw
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  1114nw
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  1617w
MANTLE  1512nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1314w
OCEANIC  137ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  1819nw
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  171w
PLATETECTONICS  161w
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  820e
SUBDUCTION  57se
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  172w
THERRMAL  157s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  33s