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  123w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  147w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  2012n
CONVECTION  177s
CONVERGENT  214n
CORE  417sw
CRUST  712ne
DENSITY  184s
DIVEREGENT  1519w
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  1911n
MANTLE  1111ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1618n
OCEANIC  2011s
PALEOMAGNETISM  45e
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  45s
PLATETECTONICS  46s
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  17s
SUBDUCTION  165sw
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  182w
THERRMAL  715e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  720e