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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  99nw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1110sw
CONVECTION  65e
CONVERGENT  1110ne
CORE  78nw
CRUST  213e
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  1810s
ISLANDARC  312n
LITHOSPHERE  132w
MANTLE  1510sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  11s
OCEANIC  510e
PALEOMAGNETISM  141w
PANGEA  141e
PLATE  141sw
PLATETECTONICS  132sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  23e
STRAOVOLCANO  21s
SUBDUCTION  54e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  420e
THERRMAL  1515n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n