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  1815n
BASALT  1010sw
CONDUCTION  1520nw
CONTINENTALDRIFT  53se
CONVECTION  2020w
CONVECTIONCURRENT  2020w
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111nw
CRUST  1020ne
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  34se
DENSITY  1714n
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  41se
FAULT  417e
FOSSIL  175w
GRANITE  1414w
INNERCORE  1320nw
LITHOSPERE  112n
MANTLE  518e
MID-OCEANRIDGE  52e
OUTERCORE  99sw
PANGAEA  187w
PLATE  43se
PLATETECTONICS  43se
PRESSURE  43s
RADIATION  184w
RIFTVALLEY  1916n
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  202s
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  171w
SEISMICWAVES  1814nw
SONAR  47se
SUBDUCTION  73e