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  1215nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  59s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  220n
CONVECTION  220e
CONVERGENT  1510nw
CORE  715n
CRUST  163e
DENSITY  119n
DIVEREGENT  1413nw
ISLANDARC  1611n
LITHOSPHERE  419n
MANTLE  51se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1314nw
OCEANIC  159nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  319n
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  319e
PLATETECTONICS  419e
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1315nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1515w
SUBDUCTION  37se
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1915nw
THERRMAL  152w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  61e