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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  18n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  219e
CONVECTION  113e
CONVERGENT  136sw
CORE  714se
CRUST  136e
DENSITY  1918n
DIVEREGENT  1616n
ISLANDARC  318e
LITHOSPHERE  1517nw
MANTLE  311se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  42e
OCEANIC  39se
PALEOMAGNETISM  218n
PANGEA  413ne
PLATE  147sw
PLATETECTONICS  138sw
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1612nw
STRAOVOLCANO  120n
SUBDUCTION  120e
SUPERCONTINENT  37se
SUTUREZONE  1816n
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  912se