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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1012s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  134w
CONVECTION  1420w
CONVERGENT  1420n
CORE  115ne
CRUST  26n
DENSITY  2020n
DIVEREGENT  117ne
ISLANDARC  110se
LITHOSPHERE  128w
MANTLE  2010n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  119n
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  146sw
PANGEA  68sw
PLATE  146w
PLATETECTONICS  136w
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  619e
STRAOVOLCANO  16se
SUBDUCTION  1616n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  62e
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  27e