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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  520e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  209s
CONVECTION  119ne
CONVERGENT  1114ne
CORE  84nw
CRUST  1512sw
DENSITY  1720n
DIVEREGENT  315n
ISLANDARC  314ne
LITHOSPHERE  24s
MANTLE  1614s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  117ne
OCEANIC  115sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  14s
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  14e
PLATETECTONICS  24e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1817n
STRAOVOLCANO  165sw
SUBDUCTION  81e
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  197sw
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  44s