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  179s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  181sw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  46s
CONVECTION  41e
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  1214s
CRUST  46n
DENSITY  209n
DIVEREGENT  209s
ISLANDARC  818e
LITHOSPHERE  188s
MANTLE  1110ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1920w
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  197s
PANGEA  713ne
PLATE  197nw
PLATETECTONICS  188sw
RIFTVALLEY  711ne
RIFTZONE  1518n
STRAOVOLCANO  1919w
SUBDUCTION  1411sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1410sw
THERRMAL  1610s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  72e