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  917ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  1512sw
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1719w
CONVECTION  1719n
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  1917s
CRUST  86w
DENSITY  514ne
DIVEREGENT  192w
ISLANDARC  1817n
LITHOSPHERE  817ne
MANTLE  815ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  204s
OCEANIC  97nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  717ne
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  717e
PLATETECTONICS  817e
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  195s
SUBDUCTION  120ne
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  120e
THERRMAL  27s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  919ne