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  2017n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  813n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  61se
CONVECTION  119n
CONVERGENT  1815n
CORE  1214w
CRUST  1815s
DENSITY  1220e
DIVEREGENT  1220w
ISLANDARC  31se
LITHOSPHERE  74e
MANTLE  21s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  21e
OCEANIC  139nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1514nw
PANGEA  917e
PLATE  63se
PLATETECTONICS  74se
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  1018e
STRAOVOLCANO  32s
SUBDUCTION  715n
SUPERCONTINENT  719ne
SUTUREZONE  715e
THERRMAL  186sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  1915n