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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1012s
BOUNDARY  1012n
CONTINENTAL  64s
CONVECTION  111e
CONVERGENT  111w
CORE  516ne
CRUST  516sw
DENSITY  1819n
DIVEREGENT  33e
ISLANDARC  43s
LITHOSPHERE  218n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1218n
OCEANIC  92w
PALEOMAGNETISM  917n
PANGEA  2015s
PLATE  2015n
PLATETECTONICS  2014n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  202w
SUBDUCTION  1618n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  38s
THERRMAL  1520w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1318n