Before knowing about the plate tectonic theory, we need to know the meaning of the plate and tectonic. So, the plates are the parts of the lithosphere and they are formed due to Exogenetic force and Endogenetic force. These forces were acting on the lithosphere continuously and broke it into 27 parts ( 7 are major and 20 are minor ) and each part of the lithosphere is known as a plate. The major seven plates are as follows- 1) African plate 2) Antarctica plate 3) Indo-Australian plate 4) North American plate 5) South American plate 6) Pacific plate 7) Eurasian plate The term tectonic represents the movement of plates. There are three types of plate tectonics or plate movements- 1) Convergent plate t...
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