First, it's 'What ARE plate tectonics' as there as more than one.
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Plates UNDER the earth's crust that shift.
I can't tell you what they do though...
The answer is true plate tectionics
plate tectionics theory......................:-)
One connection between earthquakes and volcanoes is that they all have to do with Plate Tectionics and they destroy things
The three lines of evidence for Plate Tectonics are: 1) the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes along plate boundaries, 2) the matching shapes of continents on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, known as continental drift, and 3) the patterns of magnetic striping on the ocean floor that provide evidence of seafloor spreading.
It is happening all the time - for instance N. America is moving away from Europe at the same speed that your fingernails grow (about 2 inches a year).
The theory of plate tectonics states that Earth's lithosphere is divided into several large plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them. These plates are in constant motion, moving either towards each other (convergent boundaries), apart from each other (divergent boundaries), or past each other (transform boundaries), causing earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of various geologic features. This theory helps explain the distribution of earthquakes, mountain ranges, and ocean basins on Earth's surface.
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the name of all 13 plates are:juan de fuca plate,coco's plate,pacific plate,nazca plate,Caribbean plate,north America plate,south America plate,scotia plate,African plate,eurasian plate,Arabian plate,antarctic plate,indo-Australian plate,phillippine plate
plate boundary's are pacific plate African plate north amercian plate Eurasian plate antarctic plate.