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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  820w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  413n
CONVECTION  1020e
CONVERGENT  167sw
CORE  1317ne
CRUST  1213nw
DENSITY  616n
DIVEREGENT  220n
ISLANDARC  917ne
LITHOSPHERE  1917n
MANTLE  21s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  204sw
OCEANIC  97nw
PALEOMAGNETISM  2017n
PANGEA  137sw
PLATE  2017w
PLATETECTONICS  1917w
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  187s
STRAOVOLCANO  205sw
SUBDUCTION  152w
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  618e
THERRMAL  1717n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  77s