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  415n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  1010s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  68s
CONVECTION  1120w
CONVERGENT  1519w
CORE  510ne
CRUST  1519e
DENSITY  1420e
DIVEREGENT  218n
ISLANDARC  156w
LITHOSPHERE  54e
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  31e
OCEANIC  320n
PALEOMAGNETISM  95s
PANGEA  53e
PLATE  53s
PLATETECTONICS  54s
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  137s
SUBDUCTION  89s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  166s
THERRMAL  152w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  29n