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  1316w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  123w
BOUNDARY  1010sw
CONTINENTAL  36s
CONVECTION  719e
CONVERGENT  811ne
CORE  811w
CRUST  719w
DENSITY  1920w
DIVEREGENT  1920nw
ISLANDARC  47s
LITHOSPHERE  1417w
MANTLE  520e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  218n
OCEANIC  1313n
PALEOMAGNETISM  1518w
PANGEA  1610s
PLATE  1518nw
PLATETECTONICS  1417nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  25e
SUBDUCTION  112w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  110s
THERRMAL  1215n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  152sw