Tectonic plates are floating on the magma (semi-molten rocks) of the mantle layer. Therefore, they form the crust layer of the Earth.
The lithosphere, which is the crust plus a thin portion of the mantle.
The crust and upper mantle form the tectonic plates. They are known collectively as the lithosphere. This overlies the asthenosphere.
The earth is divided into four main layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust.
the earths mantle
the crust is a layer itself
Tectonic Platesplates
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
The layer of the Earth which forms the tectonic plates is composed of the crust and uppermost mantle and is called the lithosphere.
The Earth's outer layer is called the Crust, and the crust is split into various types of tectonic plates.
the crust. the layer below that is the layer of molten lava called the mantle. the continental plates move and float on this. this is known as continental drift
The lithosphere.
The earths crust
"plates" are the term for the giant sheets of rock on the earths crust
Tectonic Platesplates
The Earth's tectonic plates lay on top of the outer layer of the mantle. This layer is known as the asthenosphere.
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
Mesophere
The layer of the Earth which forms the tectonic plates is composed of the crust and uppermost mantle and is called the lithosphere.
The litoshphere is the part of the earth broken into large plates also known as the crust the lithoshpere is the thinnest layer of all earths layers it
Tectonic Plates.
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
The plates are in the crust and upper mantle of the earth. I believe they are part of the lithosphere.