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When plates force the crust to bed downward what is what land feature called?
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What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
What is the Earth's crust broken into large pieces called?
They are called plates!
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 are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
The breaks in the crust where plates meet are called?
faults
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
What is the Earth's crust broken into large pieces called?
They are called plates!
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 can tectonic plates also be called instead of tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are also "Continental Crust" and "Oceanic Crust". Also lithospheric plates.
What is broken into sections called plates which float on top of the crust?
tectonic plates
How does the earth's plates move on top of the crust?
The Earth's tectonic plates do not move on top of the crust, they are the crust. The crust is made out of plates. The plates float on top of the mantle, which is made of molten rock, called magma. The plates move because of currents in the magma.
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What do the plates on the Earth's crust float on?
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
What do the plates on the earth crust float on?
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
What are large sections of the Earth's crust called?
Plates
The breaks in the crust where plates meet are called?
faults
