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  175s
BASALT  1611s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  202w
CONVECTION  12s
CONVERGENT  202s
CORE  916e
CRUST  916sw
DENSITY  714sw
DIVEREGENT  135sw
ISLANDARC  1516nw
LITHOSPHERE  416n
MANTLE  1820n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  155w
OCEANIC  412ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  218ne
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  218n
PLATETECTONICS  217n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  183sw
STRAOVOLCANO  25se
SUBDUCTION  411se
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  34e
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  36s