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  162w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  134se
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  129sw
CONVECTION  191sw
CONVERGENT  1820w
CORE  410nw
CRUST  1116w
DENSITY  1910n
DIVEREGENT  412ne
ISLANDARC  1916w
LITHOSPHERE  153w
MANTLE  210s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  414n
OCEANIC  113sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  171sw
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  171w
PLATETECTONICS  161w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  41se
SUBDUCTION  103se
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  117n
THERRMAL  2015n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015nw