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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  168s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1420n
CONVECTION  142w
CONVERGENT  1420w
CORE  210e
CRUST  142e
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  1920n
ISLANDARC  26e
LITHOSPHERE  216ne
MANTLE  112n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  154w
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  217ne
PANGEA  515ne
PLATE  217n
PLATETECTONICS  216n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  145w
SUBDUCTION  2011n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  2011s
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  214ne