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  156sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  1920w
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  123sw
CONVECTION  73se
CONVERGENT  1317w
CORE  73s
CRUST  1015ne
DENSITY  710nw
DIVEREGENT  218e
ISLANDARC  125sw
LITHOSPHERE  183s
MANTLE  57se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  192w
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  193s
PANGEA  121w
PLATE  193w
PLATETECTONICS  183w
RIFTVALLEY  1115nw
RIFTZONE  1513nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1515n
SUBDUCTION  204s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  115n
THERRMAL  163s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  320e