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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1212s
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  64e
CONVECTION  165w
CONVERGENT  188s
CORE  64nw
CRUST  127s
DENSITY  82e
DIVEREGENT  1915n
ISLANDARC  820n
LITHOSPHERE  139s
MANTLE  1111s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  166s
OCEANIC  99s
PALEOMAGNETISM  1920w
PANGEA  1920nw
PLATE  616n
PLATETECTONICS  615n
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  1010s
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  63e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  214n
THERRMAL  157s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  207s