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  411s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1520w
CONVECTION  15s
CONVERGENT  217n
CORE  1419nw
CRUST  518w
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  41e
ISLANDARC  517e
LITHOSPHERE  57se
MANTLE  811se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1819w
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  56se
PANGEA  611s
PLATE  56s
PLATETECTONICS  57s
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  1718w
SUBDUCTION  118e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  37se
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  131e