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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  1713n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1419w
CONVECTION  203s
CONVERGENT  63e
CORE  84nw
CRUST  1215nw
DENSITY  131w
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  416n
MANTLE  1111nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1920w
OCEANIC  73w
PALEOMAGNETISM  67se
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  154w
PLATETECTONICS  144w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  24s
SUBDUCTION  194s
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  117n
THERRMAL  74se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  1515n