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  417n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  117n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  191w
CONVECTION  1211sw
CONVERGENT  1211s
CORE  912n
CRUST  1512se
DENSITY  616n
DIVEREGENT  52e
ISLANDARC  138w
LITHOSPHERE  318n
MANTLE  26n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  26e
OCEANIC  419e
PALEOMAGNETISM  219n
PANGEA  111n
PLATE  219ne
PLATETECTONICS  118ne
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  27e
SUBDUCTION  1715n
SUPERCONTINENT  157s
SUTUREZONE  1715w
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  516n