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  1412n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1520w
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  42e
CONVECTION  1817nw
CONVERGENT  1817n
CORE  97ne
CRUST  125s
DENSITY  814nw
DIVEREGENT  103sw
ISLANDARC  53e
LITHOSPHERE  1513n
MANTLE  26n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  161sw
OCEANIC  134s
PALEOMAGNETISM  1614n
PANGEA  1315nw
PLATE  1614nw
PLATETECTONICS  1513nw
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  123sw
STRAOVOLCANO  31e
SUBDUCTION  1114w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  207s
THERRMAL  1919w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  112s