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  1917nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  113s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  152w
CONVECTION  520e
CONVERGENT  216e
CORE  107nw
CRUST  216s
DENSITY  66s
DIVEREGENT  183s
ISLANDARC  143w
LITHOSPHERE  413n
MANTLE  14s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  201sw
OCEANIC  174w
PALEOMAGNETISM  2014n
PANGEA  314n
PLATE  314ne
PLATETECTONICS  413ne
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1614w
STRAOVOLCANO  1915nw
SUBDUCTION  161w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  145sw
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  196sw