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  45se
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1820n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  135w
CONVECTION  73e
CONVERGENT  1217nw
CORE  64nw
CRUST  716s
DENSITY  1719nw
DIVEREGENT  2016n
ISLANDARC  1011ne
LITHOSPHERE  216n
MANTLE  1018e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  14se
OCEANIC  212ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  117n
PANGEA  41e
PLATE  117ne
PLATETECTONICS  216ne
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  1511sw
STRAOVOLCANO  144w
SUBDUCTION  211se
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  218ne
THERRMAL  214ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1610s