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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1814s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1420n
CONVECTION  1717n
CONVERGENT  1920n
CORE  62sw
CRUST  116ne
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  118ne
ISLANDARC  119ne
LITHOSPHERE  129w
MANTLE  120e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120n
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  147sw
PANGEA  69sw
PLATE  720e
PLATETECTONICS  820e
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  2020n
SUBDUCTION  12e
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  117w
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  202w