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What layer of the earth makes up theses plates?
tectonic plates
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
What layer of earth makes up the techtonic plates?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten mantle, and is part of the Earth's crust.
How many primary tectonic plates make up the surface of Earth?
seven plates
What are the large and small slabs of rock that meake up pieces of the lithosphere?
They are called lithospheric or tectonic plates, of which there are around 30 worldwide, encompassing the entire hard brittle surface layer of the Earth.
What layer of the earth makes up theses plates?
tectonic plates
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What is broken into tectonic plates?
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
What is the layer of the earth that makes up the tectonic plates?
The lithosphere.
Which layer of the earth is broken up in to tectonic plates?
the crust
Which layer of the earth is broken up into tectonic plates?
The crust
What layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates and what layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents of the Earth are sliding through the asthenosphere. This is the viscous part of the mantle on which the plates of the lithosphere sit.
How may tectonic plates make up the Earth's surface?
Earth's lithosphere is broken up into 15 tectonic plates.
What are the plates called that make up the Earth's crust?
They are known as tectonic plates from the Greek word for carpenter.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
What layer of the earth makes these plates up?
The lithosphere (which is composed of the crust and solid brittle upper mantle) makes up the Earth's tectonic plates.
What layer of earth makes up the techtonic plates?
Tectonic Plates float on the semi-molten mantle, and is part of the Earth's crust.
