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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717n
BASALT  1114nw
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  1312n
CONVECTION  14s
CONVERGENT  1312nw
CORE  1116nw
CRUST  1210n
DENSITY  208n
DIVEREGENT  1913n
ISLANDARC  214e
LITHOSPHERE  24se
MANTLE  148n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1516w
OCEANIC  1311nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  23se
PANGEA  42e
PLATE  23s
PLATETECTONICS  24s
RIFTVALLEY  1818n
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  1415w
SUBDUCTION  1615n
SUPERCONTINENT  1515n
SUTUREZONE  1620w
THERRMAL  26se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  46s