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  617e
COMPRESSION  417n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  119n
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  63s
CORE  62sw
CRUST  62w
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  24s
FAULT  2013s
FOLDING  2013w
INNERCORE  516n
LITHOSPHERE  2016w
MANTLE  1015e
MESOSPHERE  1015ne
NORMALFAULT  64e
OUTERCORE  63e
PLATETECTONICS  165sw
REVERSEFAULT  618e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  1111sw
STRESS  318n
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT  202s
SUBDUCTIONZONE  202w
TECTONICPLATES  203sw
TENSION  611ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  191w