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  131sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210se
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1916n
CONVECTION  103w
CONVERGENT  1916w
CORE  1411e
CRUST  1916s
DENSITY  1015nw
DIVEREGENT  203sw
ISLANDARC  1815n
LITHOSPHERE  142sw
MANTLE  121se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  201s
OCEANIC  204sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  71e
PANGEA  74w
PLATE  74se
PLATETECTONICS  85se
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  820w
STRAOVOLCANO  191sw
SUBDUCTION  715e
SUPERCONTINENT  315ne
SUTUREZONE  18s
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  36se