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  1219nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  109se
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1813n
CONVECTION  2017nw
CONVERGENT  2016n
CORE  719n
CRUST  127se
DENSITY  81w
DIVEREGENT  81e
ISLANDARC  319n
LITHOSPHERE  1319nw
MANTLE  16n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  16s
OCEANIC  1916n
PALEOMAGNETISM  1419nw
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  1419w
PLATETECTONICS  1319w
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  117se
STRAOVOLCANO  27s
SUBDUCTION  92e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  811se
THERRMAL  1119nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  1115nw