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  510se
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1511sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  196s
CONVECTION  317ne
CONVERGENT  1518w
CORE  1013w
CRUST  1611nw
DENSITY  115ne
DIVEREGENT  44e
ISLANDARC  54se
LITHOSPHERE  18se
MANTLE  141e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  141w
OCEANIC  1613nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  23se
PANGEA  135w
PLATE  36n
PLATETECTONICS  47se
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  84sw
STRAOVOLCANO  1619n
SUBDUCTION  1619w
SUPERCONTINENT  153sw
SUTUREZONE  1020e
THERRMAL  618ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  2014n