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  1712nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1520e
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  102e
CONVECTION  1015nw
CONVERGENT  161w
CORE  139ne
CRUST  161e
DENSITY  104e
DIVEREGENT  73e
ISLANDARC  199s
LITHOSPHERE  1716nw
MANTLE  175w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1713nw
OCEANIC  56se
PALEOMAGNETISM  1718n
PANGEA  1315nw
PLATE  1718w
PLATETECTONICS  1618w
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1416w
STRAOVOLCANO  52s
SUBDUCTION  52se
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  1220w
THERRMAL  215n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  53se