Plates here refers to the lithospheric plates, which can be defined as the small or large broken fragments of the earth's crust. These plates constantly moves from one place to another due to the formation of convection current in the mantle. The plates comprises both the oceanic as well as continental crust, which shares three types of distinct plate boundaries such as the convergent, transform and divergent plate boundary.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C).

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Because of heavy interference by humans, maps of world biomes are best thought of as maps of ________ natural vegetation.

RoseWind [281]

The maps of world biomes are thought of as maps of theoretical natural vegetation because of heavy interference by humans

The 5 types of biomes includes:

aquatic
grassland
forest
desert
tundra

The maps of the combined biomes of world map is seen as theoretical natural vegetation.

In conclusion, the maps of world biomes are thought of as maps of theoretical natural vegetation because of heavy interference by humans