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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  214n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  519n
CONVECTION  111w
CONVERGENT  72e
CORE  127sw
CRUST  127s
DENSITY  614n
DIVEREGENT  319n
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  1920nw
MANTLE  1719nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  119e
OCEANIC  711se
PALEOMAGNETISM  16s
PANGEA  2020n
PLATE  2020w
PLATETECTONICS  1920w
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  154w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1415n
THERRMAL  1720nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1520nw