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  195sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  217ne
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  2017w
CONVECTION  819e
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  107se
CRUST  1411ne
DENSITY  1710sw
DIVEREGENT  42e
ISLANDARC  619ne
LITHOSPHERE  133w
MANTLE  66w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  185sw
OCEANIC  199sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  171w
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  205s
PLATETECTONICS  206s
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  197sw
SUBDUCTION  2018w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  320e
THERRMAL  1916w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  27s