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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4A Y T # # # E # # O # # G # # # # R # #
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9# E # Y P # O O # # N # O E T # H O C L
10# D # E S # C O R E A B T # # U O M R A
11# I # L O # R # # # M E # # # # S A E T
12# V L L N # E # # R C R U S T # P G T N
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14# R M V H # U F O C E A N I C # E E O N
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16# G R F S N I S L A N D A R C # E I # T
17# E E I A C O N A C L O V O A R T S # N
18# N H R S E G D I R N A E C O D I M # O
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ACCRETION  197s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  11s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  2019n
CONVECTION  41e
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  710e
CRUST  1112e
DENSITY  210n
DIVEREGENT  210s
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  176s
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1818w
OCEANIC  914e
PALEOMAGNETISM  185s
PANGEA  185w
PLATE  185sw
PLATETECTONICS  176sw
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  31s
STRAOVOLCANO  1817w
SUBDUCTION  520e
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1711nw
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1815w