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  55e
BASALT  67s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  517n
CONVECTION  214n
CONVERGENT  96e
CORE  517se
CRUST  915e
DENSITY  78s
DIVEREGENT  1616w
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  13e
MANTLE  1111sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  117e
OCEANIC  99s
PALEOMAGNETISM  12e
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  12s
PLATETECTONICS  13s
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  45s
SUBDUCTION  45se
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1816n
THERRMAL  157s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  207s