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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10# T # T N H # # E B O O T # C A E V U N
11E # # N O P # D # # M C # # R N C O S G
12N # # E S S # # # # E R S # E D T L L A
13O # # G P O # # # T I E O # P A I C A M
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17U # N V E L O E N O I T E R C C A # E A
18T # A I P N R # Y E L L A V T F I R H P
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ACCRETION  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  25s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1211n
CONVECTION  176s
CONVERGENT  1211nw
CORE  1617nw
CRUST  176n
DENSITY  811ne
DIVEREGENT  419n
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  617n
MANTLE  319n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1920w
OCEANIC  1210nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  2018n
PANGEA  11s
PLATE  518ne
PLATETECTONICS  617ne
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1212sw
STRAOVOLCANO  185s
SUBDUCTION  1911n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  120n
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  619ne