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  45se
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1516e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  414n
CONVECTION  416e
CONVERGENT  1215nw
CORE  414nw
CRUST  99nw
DENSITY  195sw
DIVEREGENT  195s
ISLANDARC  29n
LITHOSPHERE  153w
MANTLE  1719w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  32se
OCEANIC  119n
PALEOMAGNETISM  162w
PANGEA  93s
PLATE  162e
PLATETECTONICS  151sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  128sw
SUBDUCTION  191w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  103se
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n