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  76e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  514e
BOUNDARY  1010w
CONTINENTAL  2010s
CONVECTION  1911n
CONVERGENT  2010n
CORE  1211e
CRUST  713w
DENSITY  112s
DIVEREGENT  112e
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  65e
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  184s
OCEANIC  1313w
PALEOMAGNETISM  54e
PANGEA  54s
PLATE  54se
PLATETECTONICS  65se
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  168w
STRAOVOLCANO  174s
SUBDUCTION  51e
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  182w
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  87e