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DaniilM [7]
3 years ago
7

What is the definition of plate tectonics?

Chemistry
2 answers:
zhuklara [117]3 years ago
6 0

The definition from what I know because I remember it from biology I think is "a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and some other associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of a rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle." I'll put the quotations for you to copy what I said so it doesn't sound like you got it off me and I hopefully spelt lithospheric right

NeX [460]3 years ago
6 0

The process in which the large plates that form Earth's crust are constantly moving together or apart.

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