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For the most part the continents have their own plates.
- North America is on the North American Plate with a small portion on the Pacific Plate.
- South America is entirely on the South American Plate
- Europe is on the Eurasian Plate, except for western Iceland, which is on the North American Plate.
- Most of Asia is on the Eurasian Plate, but some sections are on the Arabian, Indian, and North American plates
- Africa is on the African Plate
- Australia is on the Australian Plate
- Antarctica is on the Antarctic Plate.
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What are the major plates named after?
Most mayor plates are named after the continents they are under
What is things rest upon crustal plates?
The continents and the ocean floor rest upon the plates.
Are the continents on top of the earth's plates?
A continent is what floats on top of the plate. There are continental and oceanic plates. The continents float on the continental plate and the ocean sits on the oceanic plate. But there are also plates that carry both continents and oceans. The plates are what causes continental drift. So basically plates are what carry the continents and oceans.
How do the tectonic plates moved the continents?
The continents are part of Earth's tectonic plate system, when the plates move the continents move with them. The plate movement is driven by slow mantle convection driven by the heat in Earth's core.
Why are continents not fixed permanently in location on the earths crust?
The continents are embedded in the top side of crustal plates which float on the surface of the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle carry the plates around and the embedded continents travel along.
What are the major plates named after?
Most mayor plates are named after the continents they are under
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.
How many major plates make up your continents today?
7000
What causes the continents and the earth's major plates to move?
continental drift
When two plates carrying continents collide the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
What are the continetal plates?
the plates surrounding the continents
How many tectonic plates in oceanic crust?
There are 9 major tectonic plates in the Earth\'s oceanic crust, six of which receive the names of the continents they hold.
What are tectonic plates how were the continents formed?
Tectonic plates are large sections of Earth's crust that float on the semi-fluid mantle beneath them. The continents were formed through the process of plate tectonics, where tectonic plates collided, separated, or slid past each other over millions of years. This movement caused the continents to come together to form supercontinents, break apart, and drift to their current positions.
What are tectonic plates how were continents formed?
these are the plates under the land and they are spins round and when they meet and they form the continents
When two plates carrying the continents buckle?
Tectonic plates.
What is things rest upon crustal plates?
The continents and the ocean floor rest upon the plates.
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
