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  1917n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1310se
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  817e
CONVECTION  616n
CONVERGENT  116e
CORE  817s
CRUST  1610ne
DENSITY  318n
DIVEREGENT  21e
ISLANDARC  716e
LITHOSPHERE  65se
MANTLE  132e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  132w
OCEANIC  109e
PALEOMAGNETISM  45s
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  220n
PLATETECTONICS  219n
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  77e
SUBDUCTION  1110e
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  195w
THERRMAL  33s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  715e