Question

What are Tectonic plates? Provide at least five points regarding Tectonic Plates
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Answer 1

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Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin: tectonicus, from the Ancient Greek: , lit. 'pertaining to building')[1] is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3.3[2] and 3.5 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of continental drift, an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century. The geoscientific community accepted plate-tectonic theory after seafloor spreading was validated in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Answer 2

Dᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ Iɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ Hᴇᴀᴛ ᴏғ Eᴀʀᴛʜ, Tʜᴇ Cᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛs ᴏғ Tʜᴇ Sᴇᴍɪ Mᴏʟᴛᴇɴ Rᴏᴄᴋs Bᴇɢɪɴs ᴛᴏ Mᴏᴠᴇ Tᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs Tʜᴇ Cʀᴜsᴛ Aɴᴅ Tᴇᴀʀ ɪᴛ Aᴘᴀʀᴛ Dɪᴠɪᴅɪɴɢ ɪᴛ Iɴᴛᴏ Lᴀʀɢᴇ Fʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛs Cᴀʟʟᴇᴅ Tᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄ Pʟᴀᴛᴇs.

⇏Pʟᴀᴛᴇ Sɪᴢᴇ Vᴀʀʏ Gʀᴇᴀᴛʟʏ, Fʀᴏᴍ Fᴇᴡ Hᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ Tʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅs ᴏғ Kɪʟᴏᴍᴇᴛᴇʀs Aᴄʀᴏss.

⇏Tʜᴇ Mᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ Tʜᴇ Pʟᴀᴛᴇs Rᴇsᴜʟᴛ ɪɴ Tʜᴇ Bᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ᴏғ Sᴛʀᴇssᴇs Wɪᴛʜɪɴ Tʜᴇ Pʟᴀᴛᴇs Aɴᴅ Tʜᴇ Fᴀᴜʟᴛɪɴɢ Aɴᴅ Vᴏʟᴄᴀɴɪᴄ Aᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ.

⇏Iᴛ ɪs ᴀ Mᴀssɪᴠᴇ, Iʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ Sʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ Sʟᴀʙ ᴏғ Sᴏʟɪᴅ Rᴏᴄᴋ.

⇏Tᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄ Pʀᴏᴄᴇssᴇs Bᴇɢᴀɴ ᴏɴ Eᴀʀᴛʜ Bᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ 3.3 Aɴᴅ 3.5 Bɪʟʟɪᴏɴ Yᴇᴀʀs Aɢᴏ.

⇏Tʜᴇʀᴇ Aʀᴇ Sᴇᴠᴇɴ Sᴜᴄʜ Mᴀᴊᴏʀ Pʟᴀᴛᴇs :- Sᴏᴜᴛʜ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ, Nᴏʀᴛʜ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ, Pᴀᴄɪғɪᴄ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ, Iɴᴅᴏ-Aᴜsᴛʀᴀɪʟɪᴀɴ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ, Eᴜʀᴀsɪᴀɴ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ, Aғʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ Aɴᴅ Aɴᴛᴀʀᴄᴛɪᴄ Pʟᴀᴛᴇ.

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