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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  203sw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  164sw
CONVECTION  1916w
CONVERGENT  152w
CORE  114s
CRUST  152e
DENSITY  204sw
DIVEREGENT  16s
ISLANDARC  154sw
LITHOSPHERE  113w
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  171w
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  44s
PANGEA  1420w
PLATE  44e
PLATETECTONICS  54e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1012e
STRAOVOLCANO  174sw
SUBDUCTION  201s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1914n
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  74s