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The Lithosphere is broken into plates.
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What do you call the pieces of the Earth's crust?
The different pieces that the Earth's crust is broken into are known as tectonic plates.
How may tectonic plates make up the Earth's surface?
Earth's lithosphere is broken up into 15 tectonic plates.
Which layer of the earth is broken up in to tectonic plates?
the crust
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the?
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the Lithosphere. It's not one solid sheet but broken into slabs called plates. They are in motion and drift over the asthenosphere. It's a lot like a slab of ice drifting over the surface of a lake.
What are earth's rigid outer layers broken up into?
Tectonic plates
What part of the earth is broken into large plates?
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
What is the Earth's crust broken into large pieces called?
They are called plates!
What do you call the pieces of the Earth's crust?
The different pieces that the Earth's crust is broken into are known as tectonic plates.
Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called?
They are broken into sections which we call Plates.
What are plates in the earth?
Individual broken segments of the lithosphere.
How may tectonic plates make up the Earth's surface?
Earth's lithosphere is broken up into 15 tectonic plates.
Which layer of the earth is broken up in to tectonic plates?
the crust
When tectonic plates are broken up it is called what?
Earth Quake
The movement of these can reshape the earth?
The Earth's crust, known as the lithosphere, is broken into segments known as plates. The movement of the plates over the asthenosphere causes the plates to change position altering Earth's surface.
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the?
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the Lithosphere. It's not one solid sheet but broken into slabs called plates. They are in motion and drift over the asthenosphere. It's a lot like a slab of ice drifting over the surface of a lake.
What are earth's rigid outer layers broken up into?
Tectonic plates
Which layer of the earth is broken up into tectonic plates?
The crust
