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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  22e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  129sw
CONVECTION  34s
CONVERGENT  162w
CORE  161se
CRUST  712sw
DENSITY  1911n
DIVEREGENT  120n
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  184w
MANTLE  1510n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  2018nw
OCEANIC  1313s
PALEOMAGNETISM  205s
PANGEA  1918nw
PLATE  41e
PLATETECTONICS  51e
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1712n
STRAOVOLCANO  2017nw
SUBDUCTION  1820w
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  1820nw
THERRMAL  2015nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  715e