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  1015ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  83e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  131w
CONVECTION  710ne
CONVERGENT  34e
CORE  34se
CRUST  125w
DENSITY  910ne
DIVEREGENT  1113ne
ISLANDARC  2014w
LITHOSPHERE  917e
MANTLE  17n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  720e
OCEANIC  1115ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  120n
PANGEA  120e
PLATE  316n
PLATETECTONICS  315n
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  24s
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1010ne
THERRMAL  72e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  815ne