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  91w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1012s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  102e
CONVECTION  1419n
CONVERGENT  102w
CORE  134e
CRUST  89e
DENSITY  720w
DIVEREGENT  1810s
ISLANDARC  125w
LITHOSPHERE  215n
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  13e
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  116n
PANGEA  29e
PLATE  116e
PLATETECTONICS  215ne
RIFTVALLEY  1210s
RIFTZONE  97w
STRAOVOLCANO  14e
SUBDUCTION  2017n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  210e
THERRMAL  413se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  16e