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  1017ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  48n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1018ne
CONVECTION  912ne
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  147nw
CRUST  2018nw
DENSITY  2015w
DIVEREGENT  131w
ISLANDARC  2010s
LITHOSPHERE  191sw
MANTLE  618n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  618e
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  195sw
PANGEA  68n
PLATE  216n
PLATETECTONICS  215n
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  717e
SUBDUCTION  320e
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1013ne
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  72e