what is the theory of plate tectonics
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Plate tectonics is the theory that the outer
rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of
dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to
each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.
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According to the theory of plate tectonic the crust of the earth has been formed out of the seven major and some minor plates
the moment of the plate result in the building up of the stresses within the plates and the continental rock above leading to folding faulting and volcanic activity
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