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  124w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  1520w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  611ne
CONVECTION  2014w
CONVERGENT  816e
CORE  79n
CRUST  214s
DENSITY  1211ne
DIVEREGENT  818e
ISLANDARC  313n
LITHOSPHERE  133w
MANTLE  810ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  12s
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  142w
PANGEA  142e
PLATE  142sw
PLATETECTONICS  133sw
RIFTVALLEY  1012e
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  22s
SUBDUCTION  516ne
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1617w
THERRMAL  515ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  115w