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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  79nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  101e
CONVECTION  2017n
CONVERGENT  101w
CORE  712ne
CRUST  127s
DENSITY  1616w
DIVEREGENT  120e
ISLANDARC  38s
LITHOSPHERE  1318w
MANTLE  67nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  119n
OCEANIC  510s
PALEOMAGNETISM  1419w
PANGEA  1912s
PLATE  1419nw
PLATETECTONICS  1318nw
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  219n
SUBDUCTION  77s
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  818n
THERRMAL  1116n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  157s