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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1212ne
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1020e
CONVECTION  316n
CONVERGENT  1020n
CORE  712sw
CRUST  316s
DENSITY  820n
DIVEREGENT  911s
ISLANDARC  1917nw
LITHOSPHERE  1918n
MANTLE  186w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  162w
OCEANIC  1120n
PALEOMAGNETISM  181s
PANGEA  520n
PLATE  181w
PLATETECTONICS  171w
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  87e
STRAOVOLCANO  65se
SUBDUCTION  218n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  1813nw
THERRMAL  1916nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1820nw