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What are the 7 major floating plates?
The 7 major plates are Africa, South America, North America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and lastly Australia.. :)
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
Give the 7 major plates and 18 minor plates identified by the scientist?
Christian Mao ni ang major platesThere are eight identified major plates plus an assortment of smaller ones. The major plates include the Eurasian plate, the African plate, the North American plate, the South American plate, the Antarctic plate, the Indoaustralian plate, the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate.by your friend
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
How many major tectonic plates are there?
There's no exact amount of minor and major tectonic plates. every now and then, even right now there's lot of tectonic activity going on so plates keep on breaking and new ones emerge. therefore the answer to your question is that there are no exact amount of minor and major tectonic plates.
What do the 7 plates in the lithosphere float on?
The tectonic plates which form Earth's crust move on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer of the mantle is known as the asthenosphere.
What are the 7 major floating plates?
The 7 major plates are Africa, South America, North America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and lastly Australia.. :)
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
How many major plates does earth have?
7
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.
Which of the layers of earth have 7 major plates?
The earth's upper crust
How many major tectonic plates are there on earth?
seven
How many tectonic plates make up Earth's surface?
There are 7 major plates and 3 minor I think =)
How many land plates does the earth surface have?
The Earth's surface is divided into about 15 major land plates and other smaller sub-plates.
Give the 7 major plates and 18 minor plates identified by the scientist?
Christian Mao ni ang major platesThere are eight identified major plates plus an assortment of smaller ones. The major plates include the Eurasian plate, the African plate, the North American plate, the South American plate, the Antarctic plate, the Indoaustralian plate, the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate.by your friend
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
What was dan mckenzie's hypothesis?
His hypothesis was continental drift and the sea floor spreading. He helped discover the 7 major plates and large unknown amounts of minor plates. Our plates drift 2 cm a year.
