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  55s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  148w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  187sw
CONVECTION  182w
CONVERGENT  187w
CORE  187nw
CRUST  56w
DENSITY  1416nw
DIVEREGENT  318n
ISLANDARC  716ne
LITHOSPHERE  417n
MANTLE  72w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1915n
OCEANIC  71w
PALEOMAGNETISM  620n
PANGEA  1814nw
PLATE  1814n
PLATETECTONICS  1813n
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  711se
STRAOVOLCANO  181w
SUBDUCTION  117n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  1819w
THERRMAL  1811sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  189sw