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  1510sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1413sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1610sw
CONVECTION  114n
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  107se
CRUST  1610s
DENSITY  116w
DIVEREGENT  1814n
ISLANDARC  1917w
LITHOSPHERE  174w
MANTLE  142e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  142w
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  173w
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  173s
PLATETECTONICS  174s
RIFTVALLEY  117sw
RIFTZONE  159sw
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  1019e
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  1920w
THERRMAL  27s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  158sw