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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1820w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  19e
CONVECTION  919e
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  1515sw
CRUST  114ne
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  54e
ISLANDARC  1619n
LITHOSPHERE  13e
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  146w
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  12e
PANGEA  28e
PLATE  12s
PLATETECTONICS  13s
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  2020n
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  176sw
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  15e