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  517e
BASALT  156ne
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  173w
CONVECTION  151w
CONVERGENT  1418w
CORE  96e
CRUST  1418e
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  18s
ISLANDARC  164w
LITHOSPHERE  614n
MANTLE  1220e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  52se
OCEANIC  913n
PALEOMAGNETISM  515n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  515s
PLATETECTONICS  614ne
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  182w
SUBDUCTION  1919w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  23s
THERRMAL  2015n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  612ne