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  64e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  162w
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1913n
CONVECTION  1011nw
CONVERGENT  1015nw
CORE  1913s
CRUST  1812nw
DENSITY  1312se
DIVEREGENT  1814nw
ISLANDARC  187sw
LITHOSPHERE  75e
MANTLE  35se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1816n
OCEANIC  915nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  53se
PANGEA  135se
PLATE  53e
PLATETECTONICS  63e
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1115nw
STRAOVOLCANO  183sw
SUBDUCTION  2016n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  101w
THERRMAL  215n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  16s