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  418e
COMPRESSION  1819n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  21e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1718nw
CORE  1819w
CRUST  195s
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  174sw
FAULT  213e
FOLDING  616e
INNERCORE  719e
LITHOSPHERE  119n
MANTLE  210ne
MESOSPHERE  92e
NORMALFAULT  177s
OUTERCORE  212ne
PLATETECTONICS  717ne
REVERSEFAULT  23e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  1111ne
STRESS  1111se
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT  220e
SUBDUCTIONZONE  204s
TECTONICPLATES  218ne
TENSION  910ne
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  218n