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Tectonic plates


Tectonic plates are pieces that form the earth, they all fit in each other like a puzzle pieces. they are pieces of the earths crust.

Size: the size of tectonic plates are massive. each one is a different shape and size, but they are still very big.

Moving: the plates are slowly moving, meaning that places like Australia are slowing moving as there tectonic plate is.

Plates: there are heaps of plates, here are some of them Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, and Antarctic plates. 

here is a video that goes into more depth.

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National Geographic

The theory of plate tectonics revolutionized the earth sciences by explaining how the movement of geologic plates causes mountain building, volcanoes, and earthquakes. 

USGS

The tectonic plates divide the Earth's crust into distinct "plates" that are always slowly moving. Earthquakes are concentrated along these plate boundaries.

Britannica

Plate motions cause mountains to rise where plates push together, or converge, and continents to fracture and oceans to form where plates pull apart, or diverge...

Some major plates 

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There are 7 major plates they are: the Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Antarctic, Indo-Australian, and South American plates. In addition, there are 8 smaller, minor plates.

Tectonic plates are pieces that form the earth.

There a heaps of tectonic plates with each in different shapes and sizes, but some like the Pacific plate are 100,000,000 Square kilometres.