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rocky almost cement crust like granite found in continental crust and basalt found in oceanic crust

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What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?

The Earth's tectonic plates are made up of the lithosphere, which consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle. The crust is primarily composed of solid rock made up of elements such as oxygen, silicon, aluminum, and iron.


What is a part of the earth's crust?

The earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates.


What is the Earth's crust a part of?

The earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates.


What layer of earth is made up of plates that move?

The earths crust


How many plates is earth's crust made of?

Earth's crust is divided into a series of large and small plates, known as tectonic plates. There are about 7 major plates (e.g., the Pacific Plate, North American Plate) and several minor plates that make up the Earth's crust.


What are the 2 parts of the lithospheric plates?

The lithospheric plates are made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. These plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them.


Part of the earth made up of solid tectonic plates?

crust idiots


Is the Earth's crust made up of sections of rock called faults?

plates


What is the Tectonic plate?

that the earth crust are made up of all different plates


What theory explains that the earth's crust is made up of plates?

a theory called Earth Crust Displacement (ECD)


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 makes up tetonic plates?

Tectonic plates are made of the Earth's crust. The convection caused by the mantle makes them move.