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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1011nw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  101e
CONVECTION  118n
CONVERGENT  101w
CORE  614nw
CRUST  614w
DENSITY  312n
DIVEREGENT  114w
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  162sw
MANTLE  1510sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  132sw
OCEANIC  142sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  182w
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  182sw
PLATETECTONICS  173sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  520e
SUBDUCTION  129sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1913n
THERRMAL  1515n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n