Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
COMPRESSION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CORE
CRUST
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOLDING
INNERCORE
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MESOSPHERE
NORMALFAULT
OUTERCORE
PLATETECTONICS
REVERSEFAULT
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
STRESS
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT
SUBDUCTIONZONE
TECTONICPLATES
TENSION
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY

It contains tectonic plates and boundaries. Wegeners theory on continental drift and sea-floor spreading.

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ASTHENOSPHERE  418e
COMPRESSION  819e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  202w
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  201s
CORE  911w
CRUST  819w
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  1918nw
FAULT  1320e
FOLDING  616e
INNERCORE  1817n
LITHOSPHERE  94se
MANTLE  154se
MESOSPHERE  186sw
NORMALFAULT  184w
OUTERCORE  614n
PLATETECTONICS  31e
REVERSEFAULT  43s
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  1111ne
STRESS  63e
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT  220e
SUBDUCTIONZONE  63se
TECTONICPLATES  218ne
TENSION  1110sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  218n