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  714n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210nw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  320e
CONVECTION  15s
CONVERGENT  719e
CORE  129nw
CRUST  1215ne
DENSITY  81e
DIVEREGENT  416n
ISLANDARC  165w
LITHOSPHERE  615n
MANTLE  22e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  53e
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  516n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  516ne
PLATETECTONICS  615ne
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  54e
SUBDUCTION  194s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  194sw
THERRMAL  813n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n