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  517n
BASALT  1216e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  2014w
CONVECTION  11e
CONVERGENT  717e
CORE  1011nw
CRUST  2019w
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  44s
LITHOSPHERE  35s
MANTLE  1010nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  34e
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  42e
PANGEA  207n
PLATE  207s
PLATETECTONICS  208s
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  2020w
SUBDUCTION  516ne
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  110s
THERRMAL  515ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  165w