The Pacific Plate is the largest tectonic plate, covering parts of the Pacific Ocean basin as well as parts of the continents of North America and Asia.
No. Many plate boundaries are on the seafloor far from continents and several are well within continents.
The continents are part of Earth's tectonic plate system, when the plates move the continents move with them. The plate movement is driven by slow mantle convection driven by the heat in Earth's core.
South America and Australia are two continents whose edges are not all situated on plate boundaries. These continents have regions that are not along plate boundaries due to the complexities of the Earth's tectonic plates.
No, they were divided by laser farts.
The Pacific Plate is the largest tectonic plate, covering parts of the Pacific Ocean basin as well as parts of the continents of North America and Asia.
No. Many plate boundaries are on the seafloor far from continents and several are well within continents.
No. Not all plate boundaries are at the edges of continents, nor do all edges of continents correspond with plate boundaries. Many plate boundaries are found in the middle of oceans, while the continent of Africa is being torn apart by a developing plate boundary. Some edges of continents, such as the west coast of South America are near plate boundaries. These are called active continental margins. Others, such as the east coast of North America, are nowhere near plate boundaries. These are called passive continental margins.
Europe and Asia are the two continents which compose Eurasia and sit on the Eurasian Plate.
continetal plate
Because of plate techtonics
The continents are part of Earth's tectonic plate system, when the plates move the continents move with them. The plate movement is driven by slow mantle convection driven by the heat in Earth's core.
South America and Australia are two continents whose edges are not all situated on plate boundaries. These continents have regions that are not along plate boundaries due to the complexities of the Earth's tectonic plates.
Plate tectonics
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics
The continents move.