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  1717n
BASALT  194s
BOUNDARY  1010n
CONTINENTAL  113e
CONVECTION  141s
CONVERGENT  1510sw
CORE  146nw
CRUST  75nw
DENSITY  66s
DIVEREGENT  2014n
ISLANDARC  132w
LITHOSPHERE  131s
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  117n
OCEANIC  99n
PALEOMAGNETISM  217n
PANGEA  1211n
PLATE  717n
PLATETECTONICS  716n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  61e
SUBDUCTION  167s
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  182s
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  413n