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  39e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  137w
CONVECTION  1113e
CONVERGENT  1118e
CORE  1118w
CRUST  812w
DENSITY  111w
DIVEREGENT  111e
ISLANDARC  128w
LITHOSPHERE  218n
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  135w
OCEANIC  139e
PALEOMAGNETISM  119n
PANGEA  129sw
PLATE  119ne
PLATETECTONICS  218ne
RIFTVALLEY  1012e
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  173w
SUBDUCTION  146w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  104w
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  201s