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  175s
BASALT  38e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  155w
CONVECTION  131w
CONVERGENT  194s
CORE  107s
CRUST  516n
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  318n
ISLANDARC  219n
LITHOSPHERE  19e
MANTLE  120e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120ne
OCEANIC  111e
PALEOMAGNETISM  17s
PANGEA  72w
PLATE  72e
PLATETECTONICS  82e
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  202s
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  176sw
THERRMAL  1913s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  419e