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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  28s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1213nw
CONVECTION  1719w
CONVERGENT  121s
CORE  121se
CRUST  1015sw
DENSITY  66s
DIVEREGENT  1413n
ISLANDARC  1513n
LITHOSPHERE  181s
MANTLE  113se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1613w
OCEANIC  101s
PALEOMAGNETISM  118n
PANGEA  96nw
PLATE  191w
PLATETECTONICS  181w
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  1312nw
SUBDUCTION  1312n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  203s
THERRMAL  161s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  111s