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  175w
BASALT  415n
CONDUCTION  1518n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  191w
CONVECTION  220e
CONVECTIONCURRENT  220e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111ne
CRUST  1310s
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  2018w
DENSITY  167s
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  2018n
FAULT  1217w
FOSSIL  66s
GRANITE  814e
INNERCORE  176s
LITHOSPERE  33e
MANTLE  1914n
MID-OCEANRIDGE  176sw
OUTERCORE  319e
PANGAEA  32e
PLATE  1718n
PLATETECTONICS  32s
PRESSURE  126sw
RADIATION  187s
RIFTVALLEY  184w
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  117n
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  16e
SEISMICWAVES  26s
SONAR  26n
SUBDUCTION  217ne