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There are seven Primary plates, as follows:
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Eurasian Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
There are also seven Secondary plates, as follows:
Arabian Plate
Caribbean Plate
Cocos Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate
Nazca Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
Scotia Plate
In addition, there are over 50 Tertiary plates.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoThat's funny i just learned this today in school, they are North American plate,Eurasian plate, Pacific plate, Nazca plate, South American plate, African plate, Indian plate, Antarctic plate, and Australian plate.
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∙ 12y agoContinental plates contain most of the world's land; oceanic plates are formed under the sea, and are both thinner and denser. As a result, oceanic crust tends to subduct (sink) below the continental crust wherever their boundaries meet.
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∙ 15y agotectonic plates
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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.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
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.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
What can tectonic plates also be called instead of tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are also "Continental Crust" and "Oceanic Crust". Also lithospheric plates.
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
What are the plates called that make earthquakes?
Tectonic plates
What is it called when plates diverge on land?
tectonic plates
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What are underground plates called?
sliding,seperating,and colliding plates and tectonic plate . Tectonic plates are the one which cause earthquakes
Each huge block of earth's crust is called?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust are called tectonic plates. Currently, there are 7 to 8 major tectonic plates in the Earth's crust.
What are the giant pieces of the earth's crust called?
plates
What are the plates called that make up the Earth's crust?
They are known as tectonic plates from the Greek word for carpenter.
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called what?
what causes the earths tectonic plates to move
