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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  72w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1920w
CONVECTION  172w
CONVERGENT  1920n
CORE  1211s
CRUST  212s
DENSITY  616n
DIVEREGENT  14se
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  617e
MANTLE  18s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1818n
OCEANIC  139w
PALEOMAGNETISM  518e
PANGEA  136w
PLATE  518ne
PLATETECTONICS  617ne
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1716w
STRAOVOLCANO  1718n
SUBDUCTION  417n
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  619e
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  815e