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  1917nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  111e
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  212ne
CONVECTION  2018n
CONVERGENT  618e
CORE  174s
CRUST  174w
DENSITY  192w
DIVEREGENT  136sw
ISLANDARC  68se
LITHOSPHERE  213ne
MANTLE  412s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120n
OCEANIC  1117nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1420w
PANGEA  1420e
PLATE  516ne
PLATETECTONICS  615ne
RIFTVALLEY  617ne
RIFTZONE  32e
STRAOVOLCANO  220n
SUBDUCTION  183s
SUPERCONTINENT  1915nw
SUTUREZONE  1619w
THERRMAL  59se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  104se