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  517e
BASALT  143w
BOUNDARY  1210e
CONTINENTAL  320e
CONVECTION  209s
CONVERGENT  614n
CORE  209w
CRUST  76e
DENSITY  712ne
DIVEREGENT  74e
ISLANDARC  1615n
LITHOSPHERE  156sw
MANTLE  152e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  72s
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  22e
PANGEA  912n
PLATE  22s
PLATETECTONICS  21s
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  91e
STRAOVOLCANO  416n
SUBDUCTION  619e
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  55s
THERRMAL  1616w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  18s