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  317ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1220e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  914e
CONVECTION  914ne
CONVERGENT  133sw
CORE  83s
CRUST  149se
DENSITY  1418e
DIVEREGENT  714ne
ISLANDARC  123sw
LITHOSPHERE  23s
MANTLE  122e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  514ne
OCEANIC  139e
PALEOMAGNETISM  13s
PANGEA  197sw
PLATE  13e
PLATETECTONICS  23e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  510n
STRAOVOLCANO  315ne
SUBDUCTION  143sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  51e
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  43s