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  215e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1212e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  25se
CONVECTION  113n
CONVERGENT  72e
CORE  210e
CRUST  72w
DENSITY  1315e
DIVEREGENT  116e
ISLANDARC  26se
LITHOSPHERE  216e
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1517nw
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  217e
PANGEA  118e
PLATE  217n
PLATETECTONICS  216n
RIFTVALLEY  1010e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  24e
SUBDUCTION  111w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  111e
THERRMAL  214e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  207s