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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  143e
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  132w
CONVECTION  420e
CONVERGENT  132s
CORE  420n
CRUST  87n
DENSITY  22s
DIVEREGENT  165s
ISLANDARC  123s
LITHOSPHERE  213e
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  11e
OCEANIC  110ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  114n
PANGEA  114s
PLATE  114e
PLATETECTONICS  213ne
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  1515n
SUBDUCTION  141s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  516e
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  413ne