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  518n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1816nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  195s
CONVECTION  320e
CONVERGENT  64e
CORE  913sw
CRUST  913w
DENSITY  109se
DIVEREGENT  2017nw
ISLANDARC  1317w
LITHOSPHERE  37s
MANTLE  121e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  219e
OCEANIC  137ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  26s
PANGEA  26n
PLATE  26se
PLATETECTONICS  17se
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  617ne
STRAOVOLCANO  218e
SUBDUCTION  116n
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1214nw
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  198w