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  74e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  220e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  610s
CONVECTION  27s
CONVERGENT  1710sw
CORE  129ne
CRUST  129sw
DENSITY  1715nw
DIVEREGENT  51e
ISLANDARC  911se
LITHOSPHERE  63e
MANTLE  194s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  182s
OCEANIC  1411sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  52e
PANGEA  116e
PLATE  52w
PLATETECTONICS  63se
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  711se
STRAOVOLCANO  172s
SUBDUCTION  116n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  2013n
THERRMAL  85e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  720e