What are tectonic plates?

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A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. Plate size can vary greatly, from a few hundred to thousands of kilometers across; the Pacific and Antarctic Plates are among the larg...
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Tectonic plates are massive,irregularly shaped slab of solid rock composed of both ancient continental and young oceanic lithosphere. It is also called lithosphere plate. Pacific and antarctic plates are the largest.
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he two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches.
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