Tectonic Plates

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

• tectonic plates

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• tectonic plates

• African Plate

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• African Plate

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

• South American Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• Pacific Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Indo-Australian Plate

• African Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean

• Antarctic Plate

• Indo-Australian Plate

• Pacific Plate

• Atlantic Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• Indo-Australian Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• African Plate

• Pacific Plate

The amount of matter in a given space or volume; oceanic crust is thinner, but denser than continental crust.

• Crustal Rock Material

• Density of Plates

• Plate Boundary

• Pacific Plate

Crust can be either oceanic, which is thin and dense, or continetal, which is thick and less dense

• Density of Plates

• Crustal Rock Material

• Plate Boundary

• Earthquake