SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The Earth’s crust is made up of how many tectonic plates
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7
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16
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13
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The surface of the Earth is divided into 7 major and 8 minor plates. The largest plates are the Antarctic, Eurasian, and North American plates.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 17 tectonic plates (North American, Eurasian, Okhotsk, Pacific (split in two, East and West), Amur, Indo-Australian, African, Indo-Chinese, Arabian, Philippine, Coca, Caribbean, Somali, South American, Nasca and Antarctic).
Detailed explanation-3: -These plates can be subducted, colliding, or sliding beside each other as they move around the earth. There are a total of seven major tectonic plates that make up our planet.
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