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  517e
BASALT  34e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1016e
CONVECTION  21e
CONVERGENT  21s
CORE  49e
CRUST  1013ne
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  1920w
ISLANDARC  413ne
LITHOSPHERE  43e
MANTLE  214s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  172sw
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  42e
PANGEA  1919w
PLATE  42s
PLATETECTONICS  41s
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  162sw
SUBDUCTION  813ne
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  115n
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  45e