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  112ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  1717w
BASALT  1710s
BOUNDARY  1010nw
CONTINENTAL  12e
CONVECTION  1720w
CONVERGENT  1911n
CORE  12se
CRUST  17se
DENSITY  169s
DIVEREGENT  204s
ISLANDARC  123w
LITHOSPHERE  312e
MANTLE  1111ne
MIDOCEANRIDGE  69e
OCEANIC  15se
PALEOMAGNETISM  114ne
PANGEA  114s
PLATE  114n
PLATETECTONICS  113n
RIFTVALLEY  1818w
RIFTZONE  1818n
STRAOVOLCANO  11e
SUBDUCTION  1016w
SUPERCONTINENT  1515w
SUTUREZONE  1213w
THERRMAL  1919n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111nw
TRANSFORMFAULT  1919w
TRENCHES  114e