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  1813nw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  78w
BOUNDARY  1010w
CONTINENTAL  115n
CONVECTION  213e
CONVERGENT  719e
CORE  188nw
CRUST  115se
DENSITY  1210se
DIVEREGENT  1210nw
ISLANDARC  184w
LITHOSPHERE  1814nw
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  52e
OCEANIC  99w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1815nw
PANGEA  181w
PLATE  1815n
PLATETECTONICS  1814n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1918nw
STRAOVOLCANO  63e
SUBDUCTION  2014n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  21se
THERRMAL  1812nw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919n
TRENCHES  112e