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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  111w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  17s
CONVECTION  1113ne
CONVERGENT  1113e
CORE  144sw
CRUST  94s
DENSITY  811ne
DIVEREGENT  811n
ISLANDARC  65s
LITHOSPHERE  34s
MANTLE  103e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1620w
OCEANIC  139e
PALEOMAGNETISM  24s
PANGEA  2010n
PLATE  24e
PLATETECTONICS  34e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  23e
STRAOVOLCANO  516ne
SUBDUCTION  1916w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  417n
THERRMAL  74s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1515n