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  51e
BASALT  917e
CONDUCTION  176s
CONTINENTALDRIFT  22s
CONVECTION  22e
CONVECTIONCURRENT  22e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111se
CRUST  72s
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  419ne
DENSITY  1914n
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  118n
FAULT  413n
FOSSIL  1413se
GRANITE  139ne
INNERCORE  165s
LITHOSPERE  37s
MANTLE  205s
MID-OCEANRIDGE  117ne
OUTERCORE  33e
PANGAEA  136sw
PLATE  1819w
PLATETECTONICS  1819w
PRESSURE  716e
RADIATION  152sw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  120e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  219ne
SEISMICWAVES  618e
SONAR  1718nw
SUBDUCTION  312ne