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  197s
BASALT  35e
CONDUCTION  1320n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  202w
CONVECTION  202s
CONVECTIONCURRENT  202s
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111sw
CRUST  520ne
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  1820w
DENSITY  616n
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  103s
FAULT  73w
FOSSIL  46se
GRANITE  148s
INNERCORE  104w
LITHOSPERE  48s
MANTLE  17n
MID-OCEANRIDGE  27e
OUTERCORE  193w
PANGAEA  914sw
PLATE  1819w
PLATETECTONICS  1819n
PRESSURE  519ne
RADIATION  119n
RIFTVALLEY  157s
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  21s
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  11e
SEISMICWAVES  167s
SONAR  167nw
SUBDUCTION  515n