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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  72e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  416ne
CONVECTION  19s
CONVERGENT  25s
CORE  411e
CRUST  182w
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  1418n
ISLANDARC  415ne
LITHOSPHERE  123w
MANTLE  215s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  21e
OCEANIC  110n
PALEOMAGNETISM  44e
PANGEA  519e
PLATE  44s
PLATETECTONICS  45s
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  417ne
SUBDUCTION  167s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  167sw
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  47e