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  1817n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  313n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  817ne
CONVECTION  217n
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  817s
CRUST  1317n
DENSITY  1610s
DIVEREGENT  42e
ISLANDARC  43e
LITHOSPHERE  114w
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  66s
OCEANIC  1118e
PALEOMAGNETISM  2017n
PANGEA  1020e
PLATE  2017w
PLATETECTONICS  1917w
RIFTVALLEY  194sw
RIFTZONE  120e
STRAOVOLCANO  717ne
SUBDUCTION  197sw
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  31e
THERRMAL  1717n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  132e