They are broken into sections which we call Plates.
Lithospheric plates.
plate tectonics
They are called plates!
That would be the lithosphere. This is broken into sections known as lithospheric (or tectonic) plates.
Earth's crust is broken into sections called tectonic plates. They each float on the mantle, as part of the Earth called the lithosphere. Each is separated by highly seismic regions that usually spawn volcanoes. One of which is the Ring of Fire in the Pacific.
The mantal
Earths lithosphere is made up of upper mantle. The earths lithosphere is broken into separate sections and it is called as tectonic plates or plate tectonics.
The lithosphere is made up of the "upper mantle" and earth's crust.The lithosphere is broken into separate sections called plate tectonics or tectonic plates.
plate tectonics
They are called plates!
Plate tectonics that are in slow, constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle.
The Theory of Plate-techtonics
That would be the lithosphere. This is broken into sections known as lithospheric (or tectonic) plates.
core, mantle, crust
Earth's crust is broken into sections called tectonic plates. They each float on the mantle, as part of the Earth called the lithosphere. Each is separated by highly seismic regions that usually spawn volcanoes. One of which is the Ring of Fire in the Pacific.
mantle
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
The mantal