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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1012s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  167s
CONVECTION  119n
CONVERGENT  1418n
CORE  711ne
CRUST  34e
DENSITY  43e
DIVEREGENT  1819w
ISLANDARC  67s
LITHOSPHERE  417n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1818w
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  185s
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  182w
PLATETECTONICS  172w
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1210s
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  1720w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  2020n
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  77s