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  1020w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  147sw
CONVECTION  17s
CONVERGENT  2010n
CORE  99w
CRUST  2010s
DENSITY  166s
DIVEREGENT  136sw
ISLANDARC  135w
LITHOSPHERE  315n
MANTLE  146sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  23e
OCEANIC  138ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  216n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  216ne
PLATETECTONICS  315ne
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  24e
SUBDUCTION  162w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1716w
THERRMAL  513n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1515n