Question

what is meant by plate it's a geography que so don't tell about our dinner plate​

Answer 1

Answer:

plate′ tecton′ics

a geologic theory that describes the earth's crust as divided into a number of rigid plates, movement of which accounts for such phenomena as continental drift and the distribution of earthquakes

Answer 2

Explanation:

Plates are rigid bodies of rock that essentially float atop a region of partial melt called the asthenosphere. The plates comprise the lithosphere, composed of the crust (which is the rigid, outermost layer of the Earth) and the solid portion of the upper mantle.