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  2015w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  114s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  205sw
CONVECTION  165w
CONVERGENT  314n
CORE  2010w
CRUST  314s
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  914ne
ISLANDARC  206sw
LITHOSPHERE  2016w
MANTLE  103e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  717ne
OCEANIC  94w
PALEOMAGNETISM  2017w
PANGEA  713ne
PLATE  2017n
PLATETECTONICS  2016n
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  204w
SUBDUCTION  1320w
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  113n
THERRMAL  2014w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  77e