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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  115n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  416ne
CONVECTION  163w
CONVERGENT  151w
CORE  411e
CRUST  1415s
DENSITY  37n
DIVEREGENT  37s
ISLANDARC  415ne
LITHOSPHERE  1410sw
MANTLE  914ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  23s
OCEANIC  141e
PALEOMAGNETISM  44e
PANGEA  816e
PLATE  44s
PLATETECTONICS  45s
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  519e
STRAOVOLCANO  417ne
SUBDUCTION  915e
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  142w
THERRMAL  47e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1520w