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  413ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  27n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  813ne
CONVECTION  617e
CONVERGENT  35s
CORE  48ne
CRUST  35n
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  29s
ISLANDARC  44e
LITHOSPHERE  414ne
MANTLE  1819n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  172w
OCEANIC  912sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  415ne
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  415n
PLATETECTONICS  414n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  163w
SUBDUCTION  14s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  131w
THERRMAL  412ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1515w