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  2018nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  206w
BOUNDARY  1212s
CONTINENTAL  208w
CONVECTION  46e
CONVERGENT  58s
CORE  2013nw
CRUST  915s
DENSITY  1113s
DIVEREGENT  154w
ISLANDARC  209w
LITHOSPHERE  2019nw
MANTLE  1920nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  216n
OCEANIC  99s
PALEOMAGNETISM  420n
PANGEA  41e
PLATE  2020n
PLATETECTONICS  2019n
RIFTVALLEY  1010s
RIFTZONE  139se
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  320n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  1720w
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  2017nw