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  101sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  118e
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  121s
CONVECTION  198s
CONVERGENT  121sw
CORE  198n
CRUST  115ne
DENSITY  183s
DIVEREGENT  141s
ISLANDARC  125sw
LITHOSPHERE  216e
MANTLE  119nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  161w
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  1614n
PANGEA  1420e
PLATE  1420w
PLATETECTONICS  1320w
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  1515w
SUBDUCTION  120n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  717e
THERRMAL  114ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  114e