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cmoore54

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What are the eight major plates according to the theory of plate tectonics?
 
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The Earth's lithosphere
 
  A) is the same as the crust.
  B) consists of the crust and the asthenosphere.
  C) is the same as the mantle.
  D) consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.


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Christopher

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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate, North American Plate, South American Plate, Nazca Plate, African Plate, and the Antarctic Plate.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
:D TYSM

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