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  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  220n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  38s
CONVECTION  1720nw
CONVERGENT  1814n
CORE  173e
CRUST  712se
DENSITY  1012se
DIVEREGENT  1616n
ISLANDARC  21s
LITHOSPHERE  153s
MANTLE  1819nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  11e
OCEANIC  713se
PALEOMAGNETISM  114n
PANGEA  114s
PLATE  1715n
PLATETECTONICS  1714n
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  44s
STRAOVOLCANO  172w
SUBDUCTION  194s
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  2018n
THERRMAL  720e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  74se