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Tectonic plates
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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.
Is the earths crust broken up into 12 tectonic plates?
earth's crust
What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
How many plates is earth's crust made of?
There are currently 14 continental and oceanic plates that make up the earth's crust.
What is broken into tectonic plates?
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
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 layer of the earth make up these plates?
"plates" are the term for the giant sheets of rock on the earths crust
Is the earths crust broken up into 12 tectonic plates?
earth's crust
What land is broken up into tectonic plates?
the earths crust
What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
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
What layer of earth is made up of plates that move?
The earths crust
What are the rocks that make up the earths crust?
the crust and the core
What is a rigid layer made up of the crust and the upper part of the earths mantle?
the Lithosphere or Lithospheric Plates
What is the name of the process of recycling materials that make up the earths crust and mantle?
Subduction is the process of materials moving back into the earth at the boundary of tectonic plates.
How many minerals make up the earths crust and what part of the crust do they make up?
Sounds like a homework question...
How many plates is earth's crust made of?
There are currently 14 continental and oceanic plates that make up the earth's crust.
