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  1815nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1116w
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  71e
CONVECTION  720e
CONVERGENT  1015nw
CORE  1810w
CRUST  71w
DENSITY  112w
DIVEREGENT  112e
ISLANDARC  186w
LITHOSPHERE  1816nw
MANTLE  2013n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  54e
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1817nw
PANGEA  1315nw
PLATE  1817n
PLATETECTONICS  1816n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1115nw
STRAOVOLCANO  65e
SUBDUCTION  173w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  196s
THERRMAL  1814nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  215n