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  146w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1210e
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  416e
CONVECTION  111w
CONVERGENT  615ne
CORE  911w
CRUST  161e
DENSITY  1020w
DIVEREGENT  1020e
ISLANDARC  515n
LITHOSPHERE  155w
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  34s
OCEANIC  101e
PALEOMAGNETISM  164w
PANGEA  202w
PLATE  164sw
PLATETECTONICS  155sw
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  1012e
STRAOVOLCANO  44s
SUBDUCTION  1913w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1913n
THERRMAL  137w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015n