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  39ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210se
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1918w
CONVECTION  1020e
CONVERGENT  1912nw
CORE  57nw
CRUST  1020w
DENSITY  179sw
DIVEREGENT  1316nw
ISLANDARC  1714n
LITHOSPHERE  1611nw
MANTLE  311ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1916n
OCEANIC  313ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  63se
PANGEA  76nw
PLATE  76se
PLATETECTONICS  87se
RIFTVALLEY  1617nw
RIFTZONE  219n
STRAOVOLCANO  2019w
SUBDUCTION  2019n
SUPERCONTINENT  315ne
SUTUREZONE  614ne
THERRMAL  717ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  13s