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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  67s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  2010s
CONVECTION  2010w
CONVERGENT  919n
CORE  1419ne
CRUST  919ne
DENSITY  620n
DIVEREGENT  191w
ISLANDARC  1120w
LITHOSPHERE  319n
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  46s
OCEANIC  99e
PALEOMAGNETISM  219n
PANGEA  817n
PLATE  219e
PLATETECTONICS  119e
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  132w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  118e
THERRMAL  1019ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1019n