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What is a name of a plate between the Pacific and South American plates?
it is nazca plate
What is the area around the pacific plate where it collides with other plates?
There are eight plates surrounding the Pacific Plate. They are the North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, Philippine Plate, Australian-Indian Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate, and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
Do continental plates move faster than oceanic plates?
No, oceanic plates move faster than continental plates. This is due to the density of the oceanic plates (basalt is denser). For example, the fastest moving plates are the Pacific plate, Cocos plate, and Nazca plate. All oceanic.
What body type is the Pacific plate and the Nazca Platew What boundary type is the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate?
The Nazca plate shares both convergent and divergent boundaries. The Pacific plate has both a transform boundary and divergent boundary
How far is the Nazca plate from the east pacific rise?
No distance at all. The East Pacific Rise marks the western edge of the Nazca Plate.
What are Major lithosphere plates?
nazca and pacific
Name a plate that is entirely made of continental crust?
All major plates contain both continental and oceanic crust except for the Pacific and Nazca plates.
What is a name of a plate between the Pacific and South American plates?
it is nazca plate
What two plates are inter acting in the Andes mountains?
The Nazca plate and the Pacific plate
What plates are is the earth made of?
The earth is not made up of only 3 plates. Some plates are the north and south American plates, the nazca plate, the pacific plate, the Australian plate, the eurasian plate, and the African plate. The plates are made from an igneous rock called basalt, and it also has some granite.
What are the 3 plates earth is made of?
The earth is not made up of only 3 plates. Some plates are the north and south American plates, the nazca plate, the pacific plate, the Australian plate, the eurasian plate, and the African plate. The plates are made from an igneous rock called basalt, and it also has some granite.
What 3 tectonic plates contain mostly SIMA?
Pacific Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate
What is the area around the pacific plate where it collides with other plates?
There are eight plates surrounding the Pacific Plate. They are the North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, Philippine Plate, Australian-Indian Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate, and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
What are the 2 oceanic plates?
The names are African, North American, South American, Eurasian, Australian, Antarctic, and Pacific plates. Several minor ones include the Arabian, Nazca, and Philippines plate. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
Which two tectonic plates are moving away from each other fastest?
The Nazca plate and the Cocos (pacific) plate.
What are lithosphere plates?
nazca and pacific
Is the pacific ring of fire next to a fault line?
Not a fault line, many fault lines. The Pacific Ring of Fire consists of a series of plate boundaries that border the edges of the Pacific, Nazca, and Cocos plates and a few minor plates that form the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
