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  412ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  812sw
BOUNDARY  1012s
CONTINENTAL  417ne
CONVECTION  37s
CONVERGENT  712ne
CORE  47ne
CRUST  37n
DENSITY  1618n
DIVEREGENT  1815n
ISLANDARC  43e
LITHOSPHERE  413ne
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  171w
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  414ne
PANGEA  113n
PLATE  414n
PLATETECTONICS  413n
RIFTVALLEY  1210s
RIFTZONE  113sw
STRAOVOLCANO  162w
SUBDUCTION  202s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  24s
THERRMAL  411ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w