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  617n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  113n
CONVECTION  152w
CONVERGENT  103e
CORE  820ne
CRUST  1320ne
DENSITY  1614nw
DIVEREGENT  220n
ISLANDARC  920ne
LITHOSPHERE  141w
MANTLE  144e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  185w
OCEANIC  1120ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  518ne
PANGEA  2020n
PLATE  2020w
PLATETECTONICS  1920w
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  720ne
SUBDUCTION  176w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  620ne
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  211n