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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  144w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  83e
CONVECTION  510n
CONVERGENT  83s
CORE  1215nw
CRUST  510s
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  14s
ISLANDARC  185s
LITHOSPHERE  194sw
MANTLE  1520e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  313n
OCEANIC  158s
PALEOMAGNETISM  220e
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  220n
PLATETECTONICS  219n
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  201s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  201w
THERRMAL  714ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  176s