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  517n
BASALT  1214e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  85e
CONVECTION  153sw
CONVERGENT  85se
CORE  214s
CRUST  79n
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  1517w
ISLANDARC  313n
LITHOSPHERE  133w
MANTLE  134w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  12s
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  142w
PANGEA  142e
PLATE  142sw
PLATETECTONICS  133sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  22s
SUBDUCTION  131w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  920e
THERRMAL  2015n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  42s