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  811se
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  208s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1820w
CONVECTION  102w
CONVERGENT  1820nw
CORE  812s
CRUST  137nw
DENSITY  111e
DIVEREGENT  122s
ISLANDARC  1216w
LITHOSPHERE  26s
MANTLE  201s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  118e
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  15s
PANGEA  1611n
PLATE  15se
PLATETECTONICS  26se
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  215ne
STRAOVOLCANO  117e
SUBDUCTION  211ne
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  315e
THERRMAL  911nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  42se