Plates: Ocean-floor (basalt) and Continental (granite, though usually covered by mainly sedimentary rocks).
tectonic plates
They are called plates!
Earth's crust is broken into sections called tectonic plates. They each float on the mantle, as part of the Earth called the lithosphere. Each is separated by highly seismic regions that usually spawn volcanoes. One of which is the Ring of Fire in the Pacific.
consist of large sections called tectonic plates, which move relative to each other.
the large sections of the earth's crust that move relative to each other
tectonic plates
Plate tectonics
They are called plates!
Plates
Steaks
The large sections of lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere are called tectonic plates. These plates are rigid sections of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other at plate boundaries, causing geological phenomena like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
The idea that Earth's lithosphere is divided into large moving sections is called the theory of plate tectonics. This theory explains how the Earth's lithosphere is broken into several plates that shift and interact with each other, resulting in various geological phenomena like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation.
Catabolism
Digestion.
Earth's crust is broken into sections called tectonic plates. They each float on the mantle, as part of the Earth called the lithosphere. Each is separated by highly seismic regions that usually spawn volcanoes. One of which is the Ring of Fire in the Pacific.
plate tectonic theory
plate tectonic theory