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  318n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  716e
CONVECTION  26s
CONVERGENT  77e
CORE  77ne
CRUST  158se
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  61e
ISLANDARC  63e
LITHOSPHERE  32s
MANTLE  142e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  62s
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  12e
PANGEA  1917w
PLATE  12s
PLATETECTONICS  13s
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  108e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  202s
THERRMAL  918e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1016ne