The 20 sections of the earth's crust is called plates
Plates
TecTonic plates
They are broken into sections which we call Plates.
The crust.
Lithospheric plates.
plates
This layer is the crust, which is the outermost layer of the earth's surface.
They are called plates!
faults
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.
Arrondissments
plate tectonics theory