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Name the 7 major tectonic plates that make up the continents and pacific ocean?
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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.
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How many tectonic plates in oceanic crust?
There are 9 major tectonic plates in the Earth\'s oceanic crust, six of which receive the names of the continents they hold.
What are the 7 continental plates?
Not all tectonic places carry continents. The Pacific Plate does not. Not all of the major land masses are on seven major plates. Below are two lists. The seven tectonic plates that are generally considered the primary plates include the following.African PlateAntarctic PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian PlateNorth American PlatePacific PlateSouth American PlateThere are smaller plates and two, the Arabian and Indian, might be put into a list of major plates. To get all the major land masses one what you could call continental plates, your would have to list eight plates, subtracting the Pacific and adding the Arabian and Indian.Here are eight tectonic plates that are the next smaller (or secondary) set of plates. Arabian PlateCaribbean PlateCocos PlateIndian PlateJuan de Fuca PlateNazca PlatePhilippine Sea PlateScotia Plate
How many major tectonic plates in the US?
The North American, Juan de Fuca and Pacific plates affect the US. It is also possible that the Cocos and Caribbean plates may also have a minor effect on the US as well.
What are tectonic plantes?
Tectonic plates are plates that float on the earths mantle. There are 8 major tectonic plates on the earth and at the joints of these many earthquakes seem to occur.
How do you put tectonic plates in a sentence?
When I first saw you, I was certain that the tectonic plates had just shifted. The Earth's lithosphere is made up of seven or eight major, and many minor tectonic plates.
How many tectonic plates in oceanic crust?
There are 9 major tectonic plates in the Earth\'s oceanic crust, six of which receive the names of the continents they hold.
What are the 7 continental plates?
Not all tectonic places carry continents. The Pacific Plate does not. Not all of the major land masses are on seven major plates. Below are two lists. The seven tectonic plates that are generally considered the primary plates include the following.African PlateAntarctic PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian PlateNorth American PlatePacific PlateSouth American PlateThere are smaller plates and two, the Arabian and Indian, might be put into a list of major plates. To get all the major land masses one what you could call continental plates, your would have to list eight plates, subtracting the Pacific and adding the Arabian and Indian.Here are eight tectonic plates that are the next smaller (or secondary) set of plates. Arabian PlateCaribbean PlateCocos PlateIndian PlateJuan de Fuca PlateNazca PlatePhilippine Sea PlateScotia Plate
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.
How many major tectonic plates in the US?
The North American, Juan de Fuca and Pacific plates affect the US. It is also possible that the Cocos and Caribbean plates may also have a minor effect on the US as well.
What are tectonic plantes?
Tectonic plates are plates that float on the earths mantle. There are 8 major tectonic plates on the earth and at the joints of these many earthquakes seem to occur.
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
How are tectonic plate movements similar?
"Plate tectonics" is a fancy word for "Continental Drift". In both theories the continents move.
Which earth mechanical layers contains the seven major plates?
The lithosphere (a combination of the crust and the uppermost brittle layer of the mantle) is divided into tectonic plates, including the seven major tectonic plates.
How do you put tectonic plates in a sentence?
When I first saw you, I was certain that the tectonic plates had just shifted. The Earth's lithosphere is made up of seven or eight major, and many minor tectonic plates.
What is the major thing that causes earthquake?
tectonic plates
What are the 12 major tectonic plates and where are they located on a global map?
The tectonic plates aren't located on a map they are on the kitchen next to the bowls
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
