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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  202w
CONVECTION  36s
CONVERGENT  1914n
CORE  712e
CRUST  712ne
DENSITY  72w
DIVEREGENT  1616n
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  153s
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  48s
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  1716n
PANGEA  2014s
PLATE  2014n
PLATETECTONICS  2013n
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  201w
SUBDUCTION  618n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  220n
THERRMAL  715e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  720e