What are tectonic plates? Explain.
Answers
Answered by
40
Answer:
ᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ (ᴀʟsᴏ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʟɪᴛʜᴏsᴘʜᴇʀɪᴄ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ) ɪs ᴀ ᴍᴀssɪᴠᴇ, ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ sʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ sʟᴀʙ ᴏғ sᴏʟɪᴅ ʀᴏᴄᴋ, ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴏғ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴɪᴄ ʟɪᴛʜᴏsᴘʜᴇʀᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀʀɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ɪɴ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪᴄᴋɴᴇss ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ's ᴡᴀʏ ᴏғ ᴘᴀʀᴛʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴇɴsᴀᴛɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇɴsɪᴛʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴛʏᴘᴇs ᴏғ ᴄʀᴜsᴛ.
Answered by
1
Explanation:
A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. ... The variations in plate thickness are nature's way of partly compensating for the imbalance in the weight and density of the two types of crust.
Similar questions