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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9U # # I P E O O F S E N O O R O I A # N
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11# # # E O E R B N L M E O T O # O L # I
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16# # R N S N D A T D # # # E # # E # # N
17# # E T A G N A B S E H C N E R T # # O
18# # H R E O L U N O I T E R C C A # # C
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ACCRETION  1718w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  811ne
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  178sw
CONVECTION  2018n
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  1713sw
CRUST  1713w
DENSITY  48n
DIVEREGENT  48s
ISLANDARC  813ne
LITHOSPHERE  61s
MANTLE  176n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  176sw
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  1720w
PANGEA  713ne
PLATE  1720n
PLATETECTONICS  1719n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  177sw
SUBDUCTION  719ne
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  110n
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1717w