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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1615n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  310se
CONVECTION  89se
CONVERGENT  2014n
CORE  89nw
CRUST  89w
DENSITY  117ne
DIVEREGENT  218ne
ISLANDARC  112s
LITHOSPHERE  143w
MANTLE  12s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  22s
OCEANIC  1513sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  152w
PANGEA  152e
PLATE  152sw
PLATETECTONICS  143sw
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1511sw
STRAOVOLCANO  32s
SUBDUCTION  187s
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  58se
THERRMAL  1520nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1311sw