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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  207n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  82s
CONVECTION  163w
CONVERGENT  82e
CORE  1316n
CRUST  82w
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  817e
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  110s
MANTLE  215s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1919w
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  22s
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  1820w
PLATETECTONICS  1720w
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  816e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  516ne
THERRMAL  1515n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n