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Are Pacific plate north American plate cocos plate nazca plate south American plate African Plate Eurasian Plate Indian Plate Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate the Major Tectonic Plates?
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Yes the Pacific Plate, North American Plate, Cocos Plate, Nazca Plate, South American Plate, African Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indian Plate, Australian Plate, and Antarctic Plate are the major tectonic plates.
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What are the seven largest tectonic plates?
The main 7 tectonic plates around the world are: the Eurasian plate; African plate; Indo-Australian plate; Pacific plate; North American plate; South American plate; and the Antarctic plate.
How many tectonic plates is earth made up of?
There are seven primary plates, seven secondary plates and around 65 smaller, tertiary plates. The primary plates are the African, Antarctic, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific, and South American plates.
How many major tectonic plates are there?
There's no exact amount of minor and major tectonic plates. every now and then, even right now there's lot of tectonic activity going on so plates keep on breaking and new ones emerge. therefore the answer to your question is that there are no exact amount of minor and major tectonic plates.
What is the sections of the earth that move about and cause earthquakes and volcanoes?
They are called tectonic plates. There are : Eurasian Plate, Arabian Plate, African Plate, South American Plate, Caribbean Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, Philippine Plate, Indo-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate.
What tectonic plates are the Himalayas on?
The Himalayas are on the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.
What are the names for four of the larger tectonic plates that make up the earth?
African, Antarctic, Indian, Australian, Eurasian, Pacific, North American plates.
What are the seven largest tectonic plates?
The main 7 tectonic plates around the world are: the Eurasian plate; African plate; Indo-Australian plate; Pacific plate; North American plate; South American plate; and the Antarctic plate.
What are the seven largest plates?
The main 7 tectonic plates around the world are: the Eurasian plate; African plate; Indo-Australian plate; Pacific plate; North American plate; South American plate; and the Antarctic plate.
What are bed plates?
Yes the Pacific Plate, North American Plate, Cocos Plate, Nazca Plate, South American Plate, African Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indian Plate, Australian Plate, and Antarctic Plate are the major tectonic
Name the 7 major tectonic plates that make up the continents and pacific ocean?
The 7 major tectonic plates that make up the continents and pacific ocean; African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, South American Plate.
How many tectonic plates is earth made up of?
There are seven primary plates, seven secondary plates and around 65 smaller, tertiary plates. The primary plates are the African, Antarctic, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific, and South American plates.
How many major tectonic plates are there?
There's no exact amount of minor and major tectonic plates. every now and then, even right now there's lot of tectonic activity going on so plates keep on breaking and new ones emerge. therefore the answer to your question is that there are no exact amount of minor and major tectonic plates.
What is the sections of the earth that move about and cause earthquakes and volcanoes?
They are called tectonic plates. There are : Eurasian Plate, Arabian Plate, African Plate, South American Plate, Caribbean Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, Philippine Plate, Indo-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate.
What tectonic plates are the Himalayas on?
The Himalayas are on the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.
Which tectonic plates collide into the Indo-Australian Plate?
The Eurasian and Pacific plates collide into the Indian and Australian plates, also known as Indo-Australian plate.
What is the name of the plate tectonic you live on?
well,personally i live on the African plate.But that is not the only plate in the world there is the South American plate,North American one,Eurasian<Indo-Australian aqnd the Nacca
Which two tectonic plates are separated by the midocean ridge?
The mid ocean ridge separates many plates, not just two. In the Atlantic Ocean it separates the Eurasian and African plates from the North American Plate and the African Plate from the South American Plate. In the Indian Ocean it separates the African Plate from the Antarctic, Australian, Indian Plates and the Australian Plate from the Antarctic Plate. In the Red Sea it separates the African Plate from the Arabian Plate. In the Pacific Ocean it separates the Pacific Plate from the Antarctic, Nazca, Cocos, and Juan de Fuca Plates and the Nazca Plate from the Cocos and Antarctic Plates.
