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  154e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  81e
CONVECTION  710se
CONVERGENT  217n
CORE  1020n
CRUST  710nw
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  1617nw
ISLANDARC  1420nw
LITHOSPHERE  420n
MANTLE  714s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  37se
OCEANIC  91w
PALEOMAGNETISM  320n
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  320e
PLATETECTONICS  420e
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  38se
SUBDUCTION  196w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  92e
THERRMAL  620n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  157s