Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ACCRETION  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  1210e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  46s
CONVECTION  120n
CONVERGENT  120e
CORE  122sw
CRUST  46n
DENSITY  31e
DIVEREGENT  31s
ISLANDARC  82s
LITHOSPHERE  182sw
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  615n
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  192sw
PANGEA  22s
PLATE  192w
PLATETECTONICS  182w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1012e
STRAOVOLCANO  714n
SUBDUCTION  816e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  2020w
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  162sw