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  76e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  161w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1716n
CONVECTION  2012n
CONVERGENT  1211sw
CORE  1512sw
CRUST  1716s
DENSITY  817e
DIVEREGENT  616n
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  65e
MANTLE  1111nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  32e
OCEANIC  2011s
PALEOMAGNETISM  315n
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  54se
PLATETECTONICS  65se
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  418n
STRAOVOLCANO  1817n
SUBDUCTION  33e
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  1418w
THERRMAL  1520w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  87e