Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
CONDUCTION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVECTION
CONVECTIONCURRENT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CRUST
DEEPOCEANTRENCH
DENSITY
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOSSIL
GRANITE
INNERCORE
LITHOSPERE
MANTLE
MID-OCEANRIDGE
OUTERCORE
PANGAEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
PRESSURE
RADIATION
RIFTVALLEY
SCIENTIFICTHEORY
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
SEISMICWAVES
SONAR
SUBDUCTION

Earth's interior, convection and the mantle, drifting mantle, drifting continents, sea-floor spreading, and the theory of plate tectonics.

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ASTHENOSPHERE  195s
BASALT  156sw
CONDUCTION  52s
CONTINENTALDRIFT  220e
CONVECTION  220n
CONVECTIONCURRENT  220n
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111ne
CRUST  916sw
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  416e
DENSITY  1713w
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  120n
FAULT  125e
FOSSIL  99n
GRANITE  814n
INNERCORE  102s
LITHOSPERE  815e
MANTLE  61e
MID-OCEANRIDGE  62s
OUTERCORE  319n
PANGAEA  1514w
PLATE  716ne
PLATETECTONICS  716ne
PRESSURE  1913nw
RADIATION  184w
RIFTVALLEY  715n
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  42e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  43s
SEISMICWAVES  203s
SONAR  196sw
SUBDUCTION  719e