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There are roughly 30 tectonic plates, 12 of which are more than 5 million square kilometers in area.
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What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
Is the earths crust broken up into 12 tectonic plates?
earth's crust
What cuases an earhquake?
tectonic plates under the earths crust shifting
What is broken into tectonic plates?
The Earths upper layer which consists of the Crust and Upper Mantle makes up the Tectonic Plates. This layer is called the Lithosphere.
What are the large pieces of earths crust that move over the asthenosphere called?
the tectonic plates lol
Are the tectonic plates in the earths inner core?
No the tectonic plates are on top of the crust.
What is plate tectonic plates?
its the earths 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 :)
What type of crust is the earths tectonic plates made up of?
Tectonic plates may be made of continental crust, oceanic crust, or both.
Is the earths crust broken up into 12 tectonic plates?
earth's crust
What land is broken up into tectonic plates?
the earths crust
What are cracks in earths crust that move or shift?
Tectonic plates.
What do the plates that form the earths crust float on?
There called tectonic plates, and they do not float on anything.
What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
What cuases an earhquake?
tectonic plates under the earths crust shifting
What is the jigsaw like parts of the earths crust called?
Tectonic Plates
Earthquakes happen when what section of the earths crust move?
The tectonic plates.
