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  1812n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  218n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  22s
CONVECTION  1820w
CONVERGENT  59s
CORE  137w
CRUST  1320ne
DENSITY  120n
DIVEREGENT  1710sw
ISLANDARC  93e
LITHOSPHERE  1913n
MANTLE  1012se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  201w
OCEANIC  92w
PALEOMAGNETISM  2014n
PANGEA  2014s
PLATE  2014nw
PLATETECTONICS  1913nw
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  202w
SUBDUCTION  97se
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  910s
THERRMAL  192sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  819n