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  161w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  2018n
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  109e
CONVECTION  1015nw
CONVERGENT  18s
CORE  1820n
CRUST  510e
DENSITY  82w
DIVEREGENT  82e
ISLANDARC  85se
LITHOSPHERE  47s
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  65se
OCEANIC  1913nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  195w
PANGEA  620w
PLATE  620nw
PLATETECTONICS  720e
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  75se
SUBDUCTION  1915nw
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  1519w
THERRMAL  196w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  215n