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  517e
BASALT  89ne
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1215nw
CONVECTION  2011n
CONVERGENT  510n
CORE  510nw
CRUST  2011s
DENSITY  138ne
DIVEREGENT  114w
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  117ne
MANTLE  16n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  114ne
OCEANIC  115ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  119n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  119ne
PLATETECTONICS  218ne
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  181w
SUBDUCTION  181sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  2016w
THERRMAL  1515n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  912sw