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  55s
BASALT  42e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1615nw
CONVECTION  1718w
CONVERGENT  215n
CORE  189nw
CRUST  1615se
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  182w
ISLANDARC  185w
LITHOSPHERE  1815nw
MANTLE  612n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  53e
OCEANIC  713sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1816nw
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  1816n
PLATETECTONICS  1815n
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  84se
STRAOVOLCANO  64e
SUBDUCTION  91e
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  118n
THERRMAL  1813nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  715e