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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  111e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  12s
CONVECTION  420ne
CONVERGENT  420e
CORE  63w
CRUST  1512sw
DENSITY  317n
DIVEREGENT  45s
ISLANDARC  64e
LITHOSPHERE  614ne
MANTLE  81w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  192w
OCEANIC  1513sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  615ne
PANGEA  21s
PLATE  615se
PLATETECTONICS  614n
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  1511sw
STRAOVOLCANO  183w
SUBDUCTION  219n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  201s
THERRMAL  612ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  812n