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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10T # I L T # E # A R E E # A # # # # # O
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ACCRETION  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  89se
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  817e
CONVECTION  11e
CONVERGENT  11s
CORE  2012w
CRUST  37n
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  1719w
ISLANDARC  208w
LITHOSPHERE  2018nw
MANTLE  121e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  76e
OCEANIC  917n
PALEOMAGNETISM  2019nw
PANGEA  112s
PLATE  2019n
PLATETECTONICS  2018n
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  87e
SUBDUCTION  317n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  172w
THERRMAL  2016nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  715e