Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
COMPRESSION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CORE
CRUST
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOLDING
INNERCORE
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MESOSPHERE
NORMALFAULT
OUTERCORE
PLATETECTONICS
REVERSEFAULT
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
STRESS
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT
SUBDUCTIONZONE
TECTONICPLATES
TENSION
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY

It contains tectonic plates and boundaries. Wegeners theory on continental drift and sea-floor spreading.

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ASTHENOSPHERE  44s
COMPRESSION  73e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  21e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  32se
CORE  1910w
CRUST  1910nw
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  120e
FAULT  213s
FOLDING  66s
INNERCORE  1717w
LITHOSPHERE  77s
MANTLE  1213sw
MESOSPHERE  93se
NORMALFAULT  1818w
OUTERCORE  88s
PLATETECTONICS  193s
REVERSEFAULT  319n
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  1111se
STRESS  619n
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT  22s
SUBDUCTIONZONE  1916nw
TECTONICPLATES  51se
TENSION  171s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  219e