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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  213n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1510sw
CONVECTION  141s
CONVERGENT  75e
CORE  710se
CRUST  75nw
DENSITY  1613n
DIVEREGENT  66s
ISLANDARC  32e
LITHOSPHERE  719e
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  181w
OCEANIC  99n
PALEOMAGNETISM  1814n
PANGEA  717w
PLATE  717n
PLATETECTONICS  716n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  44s
STRAOVOLCANO  201s
SUBDUCTION  112n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  56s
THERRMAL  79se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  1213n