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The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the?
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∙ 9y ago
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.
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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
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
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
When tectonic plates are broken up it is called what?
Earth Quake
Is the eaarths crust broken into sections that are called bowls?
oceanic plates (plates of land that is submerged) and continental plates (the land masses above the surface of the ocean)
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
Is the earths crust broken up into 12 tectonic plates?
earth's crust
Which of the earth's layer is broken into several large tectonic plates?
outter court
Earth's crust is broken into about thirty pieces called what?
They are called tectonic (or lithospheric) plates.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What sections of Earth's crust ad upper mantle?
That would be the lithosphere. This is broken into sections known as lithospheric (or tectonic) plates.
