Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
CONDUCTION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVECTION
CONVECTIONCURRENT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CRUST
DEEPOCEANTRENCH
DENSITY
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOSSIL
GRANITE
INNERCORE
LITHOSPERE
MANTLE
MID-OCEANRIDGE
OUTERCORE
PANGAEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
PRESSURE
RADIATION
RIFTVALLEY
SCIENTIFICTHEORY
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
SEISMICWAVES
SONAR
SUBDUCTION

Earth's interior, convection and the mantle, drifting mantle, drifting continents, sea-floor spreading, and the theory of plate tectonics.

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ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1010w
CONDUCTION  2020n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  31e
CONVECTION  2020w
CONVECTIONCURRENT  2020w
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111nw
CRUST  1219ne
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  63e
DENSITY  1817n
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  196w
FAULT  312s
FOSSIL  1019ne
GRANITE  1418nw
INNERCORE  189sw
LITHOSPERE  14s
MANTLE  114s
MID-OCEANRIDGE  84e
OUTERCORE  1919n
PANGAEA  412se
PLATE  139se
PLATETECTONICS  162w
PRESSURE  718ne
RADIATION  1719nw
RIFTVALLEY  149sw
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  319e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  49e
SEISMICWAVES  129sw
SONAR  1715nw
SUBDUCTION  39se