How many large tectonic plates does the Earth have?
Correct answer: Seven
Player #27149342 pixie
tectonics plate theory is no longer a theory but fact!
Frog
jack3552, sorry, the Wikipedia source ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics ) tells about 7 LARGE plates, and that's what the question was about
Player #19719147
Continental drift gave rise to the Pangaea theory
Apai
Julie, how does that make sense?? And by the way, none of the religious books mention about tectonic plates, stating that our planet is the same since it was created...kind of wrong, but they didn't know that in the bronze age...
Julie
God created the earth in 7 days, so the answer made sense.
Goblin
I believe that a woman scientist first described plate tectonics! And, I think that I heard on one of the new Cosmos or the Universe, that life on earth is possible because of the recycling system of our plates. But, don't take my word for it.
Fun guy
uninitialized; add that to the fracking drilling & it's a matter of time..
Player #31796263
the picture shows seven which kinda gives it away
Player #14302855
jack3552, but 15 was not an option!
Player #8008224gato
Uninitialized, I agree w/u
Uninitialized
johnny, I think the oil that they take out ,billions of barrels will result in a world quake one day
( Snail Darter)
OpalInstance98776, Or a plate subducts underneath another which causes uplift and mountain building.....
Phill upNorth
Define 'large'
Player elguapo
the earth is an oblate spheriod
mammy1027
great info!!!
jack3552
Poor question in my opinion. There are many plates of different sizes and many ways you could arbitrarily pick some to be the 'large' ones. For example, the Wikipedia for 'List of Tectonic Plates' has a diagram identifying the 15 major plates, not 7.
OnerousRaven41889
Player ccbkd, Google 😄
dandon11
Player #2990031 in the cupboard
barbit58
Player #2990031you a, under the continents probably