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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  135w
BOUNDARY  1210e
CONTINENTAL  61e
CONVECTION  520e
CONVERGENT  48s
CORE  77e
CRUST  1215se
DENSITY  1314e
DIVEREGENT  182sw
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  33s
MANTLE  82w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  82e
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  23s
PANGEA  1916w
PLATE  23e
PLATETECTONICS  13e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  163sw
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  153sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  516ne
THERRMAL  2015n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  16s