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  195sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  92e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1415w
CONVECTION  1110se
CONVERGENT  61e
CORE  910ne
CRUST  910sw
DENSITY  1812sw
DIVEREGENT  214n
ISLANDARC  1817n
LITHOSPHERE  34s
MANTLE  106sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  118n
OCEANIC  71w
PALEOMAGNETISM  23e
PANGEA  1010sw
PLATE  23se
PLATETECTONICS  34se
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  1810sw
STRAOVOLCANO  204s
SUBDUCTION  165sw
SUPERCONTINENT  197sw
SUTUREZONE  216ne
THERRMAL  56e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  620e