Question

14) What is plate tectonics and what are the characteristics of Earth's plates

Answer 1

The plates are rigid and lie on top of the partially molten asthenosphere in the upper mantle below. The plates are able to move upon this layer, but very slow (centimetres a year). The plates move in relation to one another at plate boundaries: Divergent, Convergent and Transform boundaries.

Answer 2

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what are tectonic plates.?

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⚫The lithosphere is broken up into plates called as tectonic plates.

⚫On Earth, there are seven or eight major plates and many minor plates.

⚫the shaking or colliding of these tectonic plates causes earthquakes and volcanoes.

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=> Tectonic Plates are the plates on which the continents stands.

=> There are 7 major tectonic plates and there are many minor tectonic plates also.

=> The tectonic plates are the large pieces of rock under the earths surface .

=> that are constantly moving and responsible for causing earthquakes and volcanic eruption.

=> Tectonic plates refer to the small bit of layers of earth's crust and topmost layer of mantle.

=> These plates are main cause of mountain formation, volcanoes and tsunamis.

=> A tectonic plate is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.

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