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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  89se
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  63e
CONVECTION  204sw
CONVERGENT  63s
CORE  63sw
CRUST  165ne
DENSITY  166w
DIVEREGENT  2018w
ISLANDARC  74e
LITHOSPHERE  27s
MANTLE  208sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  208s
OCEANIC  913n
PALEOMAGNETISM  33s
PANGEA  917e
PLATE  1815n
PLATETECTONICS  1714nw
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  2016w
STRAOVOLCANO  52e
SUBDUCTION  715n
SUPERCONTINENT  719ne
SUTUREZONE  715e
THERRMAL  1310ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  17s