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  144w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  102e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1011ne
CONVECTION  719e
CONVERGENT  1215nw
CORE  2012nw
CRUST  719w
DENSITY  1116nw
DIVEREGENT  1113ne
ISLANDARC  1212e
LITHOSPHERE  135w
MANTLE  311ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  216n
OCEANIC  1314e
PALEOMAGNETISM  153sw
PANGEA  71w
PLATE  153w
PLATETECTONICS  143w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  181sw
STRAOVOLCANO  23se
SUBDUCTION  146sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  110n
THERRMAL  115sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  204s