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  1717n
BASALT  814nw
CONDUCTION  315e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  22s
CONVECTION  22e
CONVECTIONCURRENT  22e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111se
CRUST  122se
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  1916n
DENSITY  1616n
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  1920w
FAULT  147ne
FOSSIL  147sw
GRANITE  17n
INNERCORE  1517n
LITHOSPERE  118e
MANTLE  116n
MID-OCEANRIDGE  215ne
OUTERCORE  33e
PANGAEA  54e
PLATE  87sw
PLATETECTONICS  41e
PRESSURE  2017n
RADIATION  176sw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  1719w
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  177w
SEISMICWAVES  1719nw
SONAR  97se
SUBDUCTION  1416w