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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  145e
BOUNDARY  1210e
CONTINENTAL  2014w
CONVECTION  32e
CONVERGENT  77e
CORE  77se
CRUST  77nw
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  1013e
ISLANDARC  2018w
LITHOSPHERE  31e
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  27s
OCEANIC  139e
PALEOMAGNETISM  1919w
PANGEA  207n
PLATE  207s
PLATETECTONICS  208s
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  2020w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  84e
THERRMAL  2012w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  68s