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  113n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  191sw
CONVECTION  210s
CONVERGENT  210n
CORE  209nw
CRUST  1215nw
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  1716w
ISLANDARC  92e
LITHOSPHERE  81se
MANTLE  42s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  76se
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  71s
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  71e
PLATETECTONICS  81e
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  201s
SUBDUCTION  85se
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  63s
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015nw