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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  93w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  112w
CONVECTION  2019n
CONVERGENT  112e
CORE  1513w
CRUST  1112nw
DENSITY  210e
DIVEREGENT  218ne
ISLANDARC  159sw
LITHOSPHERE  1519w
MANTLE  151e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  220n
OCEANIC  913w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1520w
PANGEA  1520e
PLATE  1520n
PLATETECTONICS  1519n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  320ne
SUBDUCTION  31e
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  168s
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1517w