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  175s
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1410s
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  817e
CONVECTION  1011w
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  107s
CRUST  511s
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  1211sw
ISLANDARC  51e
LITHOSPHERE  2010s
MANTLE  72w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1919w
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  202w
PANGEA  26n
PLATE  26e
PLATETECTONICS  36e
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  157s
SUBDUCTION  156sw
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  120e
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  1617n