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  519ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  61w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1015ne
CONVECTION  198s
CONVERGENT  22e
CORE  910ne
CRUST  198sw
DENSITY  1818n
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  1610s
LITHOSPHERE  34e
MANTLE  1111nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  191w
OCEANIC  913nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  23e
PANGEA  1120e
PLATE  23se
PLATETECTONICS  34se
RIFTVALLEY  1012nw
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  27se
SUBDUCTION  27s
SUPERCONTINENT  719ne
SUTUREZONE  209s
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  187w