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  195s
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  2013s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1014ne
CONVECTION  112n
CONVERGENT  1014e
CORE  414sw
CRUST  1515n
DENSITY  1110ne
DIVEREGENT  512n
ISLANDARC  26s
LITHOSPHERE  718e
MANTLE  615sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  314ne
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  31s
PANGEA  713ne
PLATE  42s
PLATETECTONICS  43s
RIFTVALLEY  711ne
RIFTZONE  720e
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  171w
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  617ne
THERRMAL  72e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  186s