
What on Earth is Plate

Division of the Earth's surface into a mosaic of moving plates, according to
Earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

Caption Major tectonic plates of the earth's lithosphere.

Earth's tectonic plates.

8.20 Earth's crustal plates

The plates of the Earth's crust.

Tectonic plates: Earth's surface is composed of several drifting plates,

Major tectonic plates of the Earth. Click here to see a detailed

Current plate map

Geologists have identified seven large plates on the Earth's surface,

Earthquakes and vulcanism are concentrated at the places where two plates

The theory states that Earth's outermost layer,

Earth and have done so for over 500 million years. Plate Boundaries Fit

Earth's Tectonic Plates Map

and the Deformation of Earth's Crust.ppt

Map of Earth's tectonic plate boundaries. Check out this animation showing
formed by the collision of two plates of the Earth's crust and home to

The Juan de Fuca Plate, smallest of Earth's 13 major tectonic plates,

A view of the plates on the modern Earth
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