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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1912s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  317n
CONVECTION  112n
CONVERGENT  34e
CORE  69e
CRUST  69s
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  417n
ISLANDARC  1516nw
LITHOSPHERE  146w
MANTLE  149s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  25se
OCEANIC  58s
PALEOMAGNETISM  155w
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  155sw
PLATETECTONICS  146sw
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  218n
SUBDUCTION  207s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  1611s
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  1520w