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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  82e
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  83e
CONVECTION  67se
CONVERGENT  181w
CORE  817nw
CRUST  83w
DENSITY  66e
DIVEREGENT  218e
ISLANDARC  1217nw
LITHOSPHERE  217n
MANTLE  311s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  14se
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  117n
PANGEA  68nw
PLATE  117e
PLATETECTONICS  217e
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  15se
SUBDUCTION  79se
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  2012n
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  417n