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  202w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  178n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  81s
CONVECTION  316n
CONVERGENT  1610s
CORE  125w
CRUST  125s
DENSITY  14s
DIVEREGENT  1016n
ISLANDARC  1711s
LITHOSPHERE  1519n
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  206sw
OCEANIC  913n
PALEOMAGNETISM  201s
PANGEA  1513sw
PLATE  201w
PLATETECTONICS  191w
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  1811s
STRAOVOLCANO  2013nw
SUBDUCTION  1910nw
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1910s
THERRMAL  64s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  320e