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  54e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  208s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1013ne
CONVECTION  912ne
CONVERGENT  1013e
CORE  59e
CRUST  912sw
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  51e
ISLANDARC  513ne
LITHOSPHERE  53e
MANTLE  720w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  182sw
OCEANIC  1614w
PALEOMAGNETISM  52e
PANGEA  1119e
PLATE  52s
PLATETECTONICS  53s
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  172sw
SUBDUCTION  210s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  210n
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  36e