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  716e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1912s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  220e
CONVECTION  411n
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  1211e
CRUST  220n
DENSITY  66e
DIVEREGENT  66s
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  617e
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1818n
OCEANIC  1819w
PALEOMAGNETISM  518e
PANGEA  518n
PLATE  518ne
PLATETECTONICS  617ne
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1614w
STRAOVOLCANO  1718n
SUBDUCTION  152w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  191s
THERRMAL  815e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  27s