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  55s
BASALT  188w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  2015w
CONVECTION  520e
CONVERGENT  166w
CORE  2015sw
CRUST  2015s
DENSITY  418ne
DIVEREGENT  1616w
ISLANDARC  918w
LITHOSPHERE  216n
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1810w
OCEANIC  1313e
PALEOMAGNETISM  63e
PANGEA  1714nw
PLATE  171w
PLATETECTONICS  161w
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  95e
SUBDUCTION  1519w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  102e
THERRMAL  207s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  716ne