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  1410s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1620n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  314ne
CONVECTION  41e
CONVERGENT  207s
CORE  314se
CRUST  69n
DENSITY  123w
DIVEREGENT  411n
ISLANDARC  312n
LITHOSPHERE  216ne
MANTLE  1015sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  213ne
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  218n
PANGEA  79ne
PLATE  218ne
PLATETECTONICS  117ne
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  192sw
STRAOVOLCANO  154sw
SUBDUCTION  14s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  420ne
THERRMAL  1520nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w