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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  217n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1014e
CONVECTION  1820w
CONVERGENT  1014ne
CORE  1215nw
CRUST  199sw
DENSITY  1416e
DIVEREGENT  171sw
ISLANDARC  81se
LITHOSPHERE  110s
MANTLE  71w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  71e
OCEANIC  101se
PALEOMAGNETISM  714n
PANGEA  2013n
PLATE  719e
PLATETECTONICS  819e
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  151sw
STRAOVOLCANO  72se
SUBDUCTION  66s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  413n
THERRMAL  74se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  195s