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  52e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  714n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  54e
CONVECTION  1112ne
CONVERGENT  1918w
CORE  54nw
CRUST  54w
DENSITY  813n
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  141w
MANTLE  1111nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  15s
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  145w
PANGEA  1917n
PLATE  1917w
PLATETECTONICS  1817w
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  25s
SUBDUCTION  516ne
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  177s
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n