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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1413nw
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  81e
CONVECTION  92e
CONVERGENT  1510nw
CORE  89s
CRUST  1510ne
DENSITY  1420e
DIVEREGENT  1420w
ISLANDARC  45s
LITHOSPHERE  1415w
MANTLE  62se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  216n
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1516w
PANGEA  318e
PLATE  1516nw
PLATETECTONICS  1415nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  316n
SUBDUCTION  16s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1311nw
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  1213w