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  207sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  1118e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  208sw
CONVECTION  31e
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  198s
CRUST  31s
DENSITY  146sw
DIVEREGENT  1719w
ISLANDARC  610n
LITHOSPHERE  320ne
MANTLE  1420e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  620ne
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  120e
PANGEA  169sw
PLATE  14s
PLATETECTONICS  15s
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  2016n
SUBDUCTION  195sw
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  212n
THERRMAL  72e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  1711s