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What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What are most tectonic plates composed of?
The Lithosphere.
What is the structure of most tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates fit together like a jigsaw puzzel that makes up the earth.
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
What are tectonic plantes?
Tectonic plates are plates that float on the earths mantle. There are 8 major tectonic plates on the earth and at the joints of these many earthquakes seem to occur.
Who named the tectonic plates tectonic and why?
harry hess named the tectonic plates but I'm not sure why =/
Are the tectonic plates named?
75 of them are named.
What are tectonic plates named after?
Tectonic plate are named after portions of the Earth that they support, such as the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate.
Where do plates come together?
The place where tectonic plates come together is named an Destructive Boundary
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What are most tectonic plates composed of?
The Lithosphere.
What is the structure of most tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates fit together like a jigsaw puzzel that makes up the earth.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
Why are most of the earthquakes and volcanoes located at the border of the tectonic plates?
Beacause plates, at tectonic, boundaries shift against each other.
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
