plates of the earth

What on Earth is Plate



Division of the Earth's surface into a mosaic of moving plates, according to



Earth's surface is broken into plates that move.



Caption Major tectonic plates of the earth's lithosphere.



Earth's tectonic plates.



8.20 Earth's crustal plates



The plates of the Earth's crust.



Tectonic plates: Earth's surface is composed of several drifting plates,



Major tectonic plates of the Earth. Click here to see a detailed



Current plate map



Geologists have identified seven large plates on the Earth's surface,



Earthquakes and vulcanism are concentrated at the places where two plates



The theory states that Earth's outermost layer,



Earth and have done so for over 500 million years. Plate Boundaries Fit



Earth's Tectonic Plates Map



and the Deformation of Earth's Crust.ppt



Map of Earth's tectonic plate boundaries. Check out this animation showing



formed by the collision of two plates of the Earth's crust and home to



The Juan de Fuca Plate, smallest of Earth's 13 major tectonic plates,



A view of the plates on the modern Earth