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Fifteen.
They are follows and approximately where and what they encompass:
1. Eurasian Plate: All of Europe and most of Asia going north to the North Pole, but excluding India and the Arabian Peninsula and the most eastern part of Russia (Siberia and Kamchatka)
2. Arabian Plate: Arabian Peninsula including most of Iraq and Syria
3. Indian Plate: India and the northern part of the Indian Ocean.
4. African Plate: All of Africa including the western Indian Ocean and the eastern half of the Atlantic Ocean.
5. Australian Plate: Australia, New Guinea, eastern half of Indian Ocean and western part of the South Pacific out to New Zealand. and half way to the Antarctic Plate
6. Antarctic Plate: Everything south of everything else.
7. Scotia Plate: a narrow plate off the southern coast of Chile/Argentina that runs east along the south Atlantic Ocean.
8. South American Plate: All of South America and the western half of the south Atlantic.
9. Nazca Plate: a small plate off the western coast of Peru and Chile that runs out to about the western edge of Arizona longitude-wise.
10. Filipino Plate: Does not include the Phillipine Islands, but includes ocean area to the east of the islands up to southern Japan.
11. Pacific Plate: Most of the Pacific Ocean
12. North American Plate: All of the US, Canada, and Mexico, including Greenland, Cuba, and the eastern part of Asia that wasn't a part of the Eurasian Plate.
13. Caribbean Plate: the remainder of the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba and the rest of Central America.
14. Juan de Fuca Plate: a very small plate off the western coast of the Pacific Northwest.
15. Cocos Plate: A small plate off the western coast of Mexico and Central America.
What else can I help you with?
How is lithosphere divided and how many plates were there?
Tectonic plates, 3 plates
The tectonic plates are located in a layer that is?
The tectonic plates are located in Earth's lithosphere, which is the outermost layer of the planet. The lithosphere is divided into several large and small tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below. Movements of these plates are responsible for earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the shaping of Earth's surface features.
How many tectonic plates do we have?
there are 7 huge plates but dozens of smaller plates
How many plates are there on planet earth?
It is estimated that there are billions of tectonic plates on Earth's surface. The major ones include the Pacific Plate, African Plate, Eurasian Plate, and North American Plate. These plates are constantly moving and interacting with each other, shaping the geology of our planet.
What triggers the earthquake?
Earth is made up of many tectonic plates. When these plates shift, earthquakes happen. The tectonic plates are always moving, but most of the earthquakes are tremors (depends on how close you are to the place the tectonic plates are shifting).
What is a tectonic planet?
A tectonic planet is a planet with a surface that is composed of moving plates. These plates interact with each other, leading to processes like earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the creation of mountains. Earth is an example of a tectonic planet.
How many tectonic plates are there approximately on planet earth that float?
there are two because if a earthquake happen it only need to two tectonic plactes
Witch planet is a dead planet?
Mercury is a dead planet because its tectonic plates have stopped shifting
How many tectonic plates are depicted in this setting?
There are seven tectonic plates depicted in this setting.
what i the world caused this specific section of our planet to be the way it is?
uhhh... Tectonic plates?
What are the harm of tectonic plates?
While the movement of the tectonic plates can cause earthquakes, without them life on earth would not exist as we know it. The fact that Earth has tectonic plates that move has resulted in the planet ws we know it so there can be NO harm from our perspective.
How is lithosphere divided and how many plates were there?
Tectonic plates, 3 plates
How can tectonic plates harm the earth?
They can't. Earth would be a permanently frozen planet if it wasn't for the internal heat which causes the movement of tectonic plates. And we would never have existed.
The tectonic plates are located in a layer that is?
The tectonic plates are located in Earth's lithosphere, which is the outermost layer of the planet. The lithosphere is divided into several large and small tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere below. Movements of these plates are responsible for earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the shaping of Earth's surface features.
How many tectonic plates do we have?
there are 7 huge plates but dozens of smaller plates
Are tectonic plates large and small slabs of rocks?
Tectonic plates are very large (their highest points form the continents) and constitute the hard crust of the planet. They sit afloat the mantle - molten material called magma - and they are formed from- and return to- magma as parts of the plates are cooled or heated.
Which planet in your solar system is tectonically active?
The Earth's tectonic plates are always active.
