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What is the earths lithosphere broken up into?
Tectonic Plates
What land is broken up into tectonic plates?
the earths crust
How the different plates interact with one each other and what effect they have on the environment?
The plates in the Earths crust are always moving and occasionally the crash in to each other, the vast impact of the smash make the earth tremble and that is an earthquakes, they can also make tsunamis, and where the to plates meet they will keep pushing up into each other to make mountains.
What is rigid layer of earths surface made up of the crust and a part of the upper mantle?
the Lithosphere or Lithospheric Plates
How many primary tectonic plates make up the surface of Earth?
seven plates
What is one of the 30 sections that make up the earths surface?
Plates.
What layer of the earth make up these plates?
"plates" are the term for the giant sheets of rock on the earths crust
How many plates make up the earths crust?
Fourteen plates make up the Earths crust. The Pacific plate is the largest and the most active, while the Juan de Fuca plate is the smallest.
What do you call the moving irregularly shape slabs that make up the Earths lithosphere?
Tectonic plates.
What do scientists call the giant puzzle pieces that make up the earths surface?
tectonic plates
What do you call the moving irregularly shaped slabs that make up the earths lithosphere?
Tectonic plates.
What is earths lithosphere broken up into?
Tectonic Plates
What is the earths lithosphere broken up into?
Tectonic Plates
Where do volcanoes most commonly happen?
cracks in the plates which make up the crust. the earths crust is not connected. its made up of plates that moves and they are formed by plates pushing together then collapsing. they erupt when it gets a lot of friction from the plates pushing together
Is the earths lithosphere made up of separate plates?
yes, it is
What land is broken up into tectonic plates?
the earths crust
How many plates is the earths surface made up of?
30layers
