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  2013n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  2015s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  24se
CONVECTION  120e
CONVERGENT  914ne
CORE  174n
CRUST  174w
DENSITY  111se
DIVEREGENT  117n
ISLANDARC  71se
LITHOSPHERE  152sw
MANTLE  11s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1513nw
OCEANIC  1117nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1819w
PANGEA  105sw
PLATE  516n
PLATETECTONICS  615ne
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  412s
STRAOVOLCANO  212n
SUBDUCTION  141w
SUPERCONTINENT  1915nw
SUTUREZONE  183s
THERRMAL  211ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  196sw