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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  125w
CONVECTION  204sw
CONVERGENT  132w
CORE  1215ne
CRUST  1215nw
DENSITY  196sw
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  138w
LITHOSPHERE  28s
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  134w
OCEANIC  139w
PALEOMAGNETISM  17e
PANGEA  1913s
PLATE  17s
PLATETECTONICS  18s
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  120e
SUBDUCTION  63e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1820n
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n