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There are 15 plates:
- Eurasian Plate
- Philippine Plate
- Australian Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Scotia Plate
- South American Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Cocos Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Juan de Fuca Plate
- North American Plate
- African Plate
- Arabian Plate
- Indian Plate
All these plates are actually located on the continents, either fully or partially engulfing them.
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When two plates carrying continents collide the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
What are tectonic plates how were the continents formed?
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
How do continents develop?
The movement of the tectonic plates
What is the difference between a plate and a continent?
A continent is what floats on top of the plate. There are continental and oceanic plates. The continents float on the continental plate and the ocean sits on the oceanic plate. But there are also plates that carry both continents and oceans. The plates are what causes continental drift. So basically plates are what carry the continents and oceans.
Were do continents move?
the tonic plates move underneath them
How do plates play a role in Pangaea changing into 7 continents?
Plates play a role in Pangaea changing into 7 continents because there are 7 major plates in the world. These plates are being moved by sea-floor spreading, pulling the continents along with them.
When plates separate what do they form?
they form the 7 continents in this case.
How did you break land into 7 continents?
Continental drift - the movement of tectonic plates
When two plates carrying continents collide the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
What are the continetal plates?
the plates surrounding the continents
What are tectonic plates how were continents formed?
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
What are tectonic plates how were the continents formed?
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
When two plates carrying the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
What is things rest upon crustal plates?
The continents and the ocean floor rest upon the plates.
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
Are continents same as plates?
No. There can be multiple plates within one continent.
What are the continetals?
the plates surrounding the continents
