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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  32e
CONVECTION  184s
CONVERGENT  1910n
CORE  87n
CRUST  1910s
DENSITY  220e
DIVEREGENT  1616n
ISLANDARC  43e
LITHOSPHERE  1413n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  151w
OCEANIC  99s
PALEOMAGNETISM  1514n
PANGEA  2014n
PLATE  1514nw
PLATETECTONICS  1413nw
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  21s
SUBDUCTION  1711n
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  1719w
THERRMAL  1211n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  109s