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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  29n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1920nw
CONVECTION  155w
CONVERGENT  81e
CORE  1420nw
CRUST  127s
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  43e
ISLANDARC  1820nw
LITHOSPHERE  820n
MANTLE  417n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  192w
OCEANIC  162s
PALEOMAGNETISM  1915n
PANGEA  720w
PLATE  720e
PLATETECTONICS  820e
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  44s
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  2020n
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  14s
THERRMAL  1020n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  157s