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  174w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1317w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  178s
CONVECTION  175w
CONVERGENT  178sw
CORE  175e
CRUST  21e
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  176sw
ISLANDARC  12e
LITHOSPHERE  11s
MANTLE  148w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  76e
OCEANIC  718e
PALEOMAGNETISM  219n
PANGEA  1512sw
PLATE  219e
PLATETECTONICS  319e
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  1519nw
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  192w
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  207s