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  1510w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  2010s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1219nw
CONVECTION  719ne
CONVERGENT  21e
CORE  719n
CRUST  17se
DENSITY  15se
DIVEREGENT  15e
ISLANDARC  910se
LITHOSPHERE  1819n
MANTLE  203s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  13s
OCEANIC  139w
PALEOMAGNETISM  143w
PANGEA  165w
PLATE  1919w
PLATETECTONICS  1819w
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  136w
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  62e
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  219n
THERRMAL  1419nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  111e