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There are 15 total, with nine being considered major tectonic plates.
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How do fossils provide evidence for moving plates?
Their evidence comes from rocks at earths surface.
What is a number of rigid but moving pieces of earths surface?
Lithospheric plates are a number of rigid but moving pieces of earths surface.
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
Which the theory views the earths surface as composed of slowly moving plates?
Plate tectonics.
What occurs when the plates of rock that form Earths surface slide back and forth?
An EarthQuake Accurs
How many major plates compose earths surface?
there are 8 plates
How many plates is the earths surface made up of?
30layers
What forces below earth surface shape landforms?
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
How does the surface of the earth change when two continental plates collide?
The Earths surface changes shape when plates collide when the earths surface overlaps or when there are Earthquakes.
What is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface?
Lower mantle is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface.
The earths surface is broken into large pieces what are they called?
Tectonic Plates
How do fossils provide evidence for moving plates?
Their evidence comes from rocks at earths surface.
What are plates techonics?
plate tectonics are moving plates under the earths surface
What is an earthqauake?
the moving of the plates under the earths surface
What are two ways the movement of earths plates changes the earths surface?
Its Tectonic Activity
How do covergent boundary plates affect earths surface?
The tectonic plates combined together
What is a number of rigid but moving pieces of earths surface?
Lithospheric plates are a number of rigid but moving pieces of earths surface.
