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  26s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1418n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  119sw
CONVECTION  181w
CONVERGENT  1311sw
CORE  136sw
CRUST  136ne
DENSITY  1611s
DIVEREGENT  62s
ISLANDARC  52s
LITHOSPHERE  413ne
MANTLE  615ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  42e
OCEANIC  411ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  415n
PANGEA  415ne
PLATE  1318w
PLATETECTONICS  1317n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  124sw
STRAOVOLCANO  135sw
SUBDUCTION  12s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  2012n
THERRMAL  1313sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1310sw