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  108sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1310ne
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  18e
CONVECTION  191w
CONVERGENT  1016e
CORE  2018n
CRUST  113ne
DENSITY  11e
DIVEREGENT  1610s
ISLANDARC  1218e
LITHOSPHERE  119ne
MANTLE  1420e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  620ne
OCEANIC  1116nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  120e
PANGEA  79sw
PLATE  120n
PLATETECTONICS  119n
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1516nw
STRAOVOLCANO  1320nw
SUBDUCTION  36e
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  1913n
THERRMAL  112se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  1120nw