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  713ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  118se
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  2018w
CONVECTION  115n
CONVERGENT  513n
CORE  111sw
CRUST  1215nw
DENSITY  1819w
DIVEREGENT  171sw
ISLANDARC  81se
LITHOSPHERE  42s
MANTLE  71w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  71e
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  714n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  1920w
PLATETECTONICS  1820w
RIFTVALLEY  1115ne
RIFTZONE  151sw
STRAOVOLCANO  72se
SUBDUCTION  212n
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1514nw
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n