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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11N # M L I # E T # # M # E # R N A # # #
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ACCRETION  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  194s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  144w
CONVECTION  1516w
CONVERGENT  122w
CORE  122e
CRUST  1215nw
DENSITY  1318e
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  37e
MANTLE  16n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  619e
OCEANIC  173w
PALEOMAGNETISM  119n
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  165w
PLATETECTONICS  155w
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  1714n
SUBDUCTION  201w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  201s
THERRMAL  1515n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  135sw