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There are 15 main plates altogether they are the:
- African Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Indo-Australian Plate
- North American Plate
- Pacific Plate
- South American Plate
- Arabian Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Cocos Plate
- Indian Plate
- Juan de Fuca Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Scotia Plate
Of these the African Plate, the Eurasian Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the North American Plate, the South American Plate, and the Antarctic Plate are major continental plates.
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Where is the biggest visible tectonic plates?
none are visible.
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
What is the difference between a tectonic hazard and a tectonic event?
a tectonic hazard is a disaster caused by the moving of tectonic plates.....anda tectonic activity is the moving of tectonic plates........
Where is the biggest visible tectonic plates?
none are visible.
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What Six of the earths tectonic plates carry all or part of a?
Continent.
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 is the biggest crustal plates?
The largest of the tectonic plates is the Pacific Plate. The Pacific Plate encompasses an area of 103,300,000 square kilometers.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
What is the difference between a tectonic hazard and a tectonic event?
a tectonic hazard is a disaster caused by the moving of tectonic plates.....anda tectonic activity is the moving of tectonic plates........
What causes friction on tectonic plates?
the movement of tectonic plates
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
