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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  211s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  205w
CONVECTION  320n
CONVERGENT  1720w
CORE  1720e
CRUST  16se
DENSITY  1613n
DIVEREGENT  14se
ISLANDARC  156w
LITHOSPHERE  1213nw
MANTLE  107nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  12s
OCEANIC  15se
PALEOMAGNETISM  142w
PANGEA  1513nw
PLATE  2017n
PLATETECTONICS  2016n
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  1515w
SUBDUCTION  719e
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  204w
THERRMAL  157w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  314e