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  517n
BASALT  1210n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  2016n
CONVECTION  1619w
CONVERGENT  2016w
CORE  45nw
CRUST  1619e
DENSITY  91w
DIVEREGENT  91s
ISLANDARC  92e
LITHOSPHERE  617ne
MANTLE  1111n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  818e
OCEANIC  139se
PALEOMAGNETISM  417e
PANGEA  1114e
PLATE  417n
PLATETECTONICS  416n
RIFTVALLEY  1012n
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  217n
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  65s
THERRMAL  1312ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2013w