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  55e
BASALT  1212e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  84e
CONVECTION  98e
CONVERGENT  1418w
CORE  816n
CRUST  316s
DENSITY  820w
DIVEREGENT  820e
ISLANDARC  416n
LITHOSPHERE  1416nw
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  23s
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  1516nw
PANGEA  161w
PLATE  1516w
PLATETECTONICS  1416w
RIFTVALLEY  1010e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  34s
SUBDUCTION  12e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  12s
THERRMAL  1216nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  207s