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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1214nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  419ne
CONVECTION  24s
CONVERGENT  419n
CORE  127ne
CRUST  127sw
DENSITY  113s
DIVEREGENT  113n
ISLANDARC  1418w
LITHOSPHERE  1519nw
MANTLE  2012w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  192w
OCEANIC  1313e
PALEOMAGNETISM  615ne
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  1619ne
PLATETECTONICS  1519w
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  2011w
STRAOVOLCANO  183w
SUBDUCTION  1014e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  1320w
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  716e