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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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  411n
CONDUCTION  193s
CONTINENTALDRIFT  193w
CONVECTION  22e
CONVECTIONCURRENT  22e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111se
CRUST  72s
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  118ne
DENSITY  320e
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  118e
FAULT  189s
FOSSIL  53se
GRANITE  1011ne
INNERCORE  1716n
LITHOSPERE  716ne
MANTLE  79se
MID-OCEANRIDGE  115n
OUTERCORE  33s
PANGAEA  141e
PLATE  141w
PLATETECTONICS  141w
PRESSURE  2014n
RADIATION  37se
RIFTVALLEY  73se
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  119e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  316e
SEISMICWAVES  216n
SONAR  216ne
SUBDUCTION  213ne