Earth's Major 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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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

• Pacific Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Indian 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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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

Identify the Major Plate labeled B

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled I

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate