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  1916n
ASTHENOSPHERE  67s
BASALT  26n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  34s
CONVECTION  1617w
CONVERGENT  29s
CORE  1112w
CRUST  1112s
DENSITY  820w
DIVEREGENT  1715n
ISLANDARC  167s
LITHOSPHERE  56s
MANTLE  152e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  152w
OCEANIC  85se
PALEOMAGNETISM  45e
PANGEA  45s
PLATE  45se
PLATETECTONICS  56se
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  1718w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  120n
THERRMAL  157s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  207s