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What are the 7 continental plates?
Not all tectonic places carry continents. The Pacific Plate does not. Not all of the major land masses are on seven major plates. Below are two lists. The seven tectonic plates that are generally considered the primary plates include the following.African PlateAntarctic PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian PlateNorth American PlatePacific PlateSouth American PlateThere are smaller plates and two, the Arabian and Indian, might be put into a list of major plates. To get all the major land masses one what you could call continental plates, your would have to list eight plates, subtracting the Pacific and adding the Arabian and Indian.Here are eight tectonic plates that are the next smaller (or secondary) set of plates. Arabian PlateCaribbean PlateCocos PlateIndian PlateJuan de Fuca PlateNazca PlatePhilippine Sea PlateScotia Plate
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
What is an example of a land and a land plate converge?
Pacific ring of fire.
Is pacific plate land or water?
its edge is land but mostly water
The movement of plates to form land masses is called?
The answer is true plate tectionics
Is New York over a tectonic plate?
yes, all land masses are on one tectonic plate or another.
What is the major land masses on earth are called?
continents
What major land masses on earth is called?
continents
What is the effects of plate tectonics on land masses and mountain building?
earthquakes and other stuff
What is an example of a converging ocean and land plate?
Pacific ring of fire.
Which plates are converging off the west coast of Japan?
Japan lies over 4 tectonic plates. These are:The North American PlateThe Eurasian PlateThe Pacific Plate.
Why is it that when a quake happens it is usually on the Pacific Plate and not the Atlantic Plate?
81% of earthquakes happen on the Pacific Plate. This area is much more active than the Atlantic Plate because it spans a much bigger area of land and ocean mass.
