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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1820nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  2019nw
CONVECTION  616n
CONVERGENT  19s
CORE  2014nw
CRUST  19n
DENSITY  1720nw
DIVEREGENT  182w
ISLANDARC  2018nw
LITHOSPHERE  208w
MANTLE  206n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  206w
OCEANIC  99s
PALEOMAGNETISM  419n
PANGEA  210s
PLATE  207s
PLATETECTONICS  208s
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1010s
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  2020w
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  171w
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  2010w