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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1915n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  116n
CONVECTION  414n
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  414s
CRUST  116s
DENSITY  201s
DIVEREGENT  201sw
ISLANDARC  187sw
LITHOSPHERE  1816w
MANTLE  91w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  315n
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  1818n
PANGEA  713ne
PLATE  219n
PLATETECTONICS  218n
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  617ne
SUBDUCTION  186sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1320w
THERRMAL  72e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  188sw