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What Are Plate Tectonics?

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The tectonic plate (also called the lithospheric plate) is a large mass of solid rock, irregularly shaped, usually composed of continents and oceans.

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a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle

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