GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The World Atlas names seven major plates: African, Antarctic, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific and South American.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The seven tectonic plates are the Pacific plate, North American plate, South American plate, African plate, Antarctic plate, Eurasian plate, and the Indo-Australian plate. Most of the plates are named for the continents they contain and the surrounding coast.

Detailed explanation-4: -eurasian. these 4 lithospheric plates form the mid atlantic ridge. North alantic plate, eurasian plate, african plate, south american.