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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3E O # C O N T I N E N T A L N # C L Y S
4R Z # O I S L A N D A R C E # O A R # U
5E T # N # N # # # # S E N # N M A # # T
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8S R U R # # Y C C N # C E U # # R # # E
9O # A G # # N E O E T H O # # # E # G Z
10H # F E # E # C L I T B O # # # T D # O
11T # M N R # R # O L M E O C # # I # # N
12I # R T # E # N # R A # T U E R O # T E
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16N # N # S N # # # # E C # # I # # R C #
17S # A # A S T H E N O S P H E R E # Y #
18I # R R L # # # # D I V E R E G E N T #
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20Y # P A L E O M A G N E T I S M # # # #
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ACCRETION  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  514s
BOUNDARY  1210se
CONTINENTAL  43e
CONVECTION  173sw
CONVERGENT  43s
CORE  98ne
CRUST  1916n
DENSITY  114s
DIVEREGENT  1018e
ISLANDARC  54e
LITHOSPHERE  113n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  820ne
OCEANIC  1310se
PALEOMAGNETISM  320e
PANGEA  1619w
PLATE  1615nw
PLATETECTONICS  1514nw
RIFTVALLEY  1617nw
RIFTZONE  28n
STRAOVOLCANO  32e
SUBDUCTION  51e
SUPERCONTINENT  315ne
SUTUREZONE  203s
THERRMAL  1110ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  412ne