*These plates are in constant motion traveling at a speed of a few centimeters per year.
*10 major plates:
-Pacific Plate
-North America Plate
-Cocos Plate
-Nazca plate
-South America Plate
-African Plate
-Eurasian Plate
-Indian Plate
-Australian Plate
-Antarctic Plate
*These plates move in relation to one another at one of three plate boundaries.
*It is also the top layer of the Earth's crust.
* Scientists found fossils on Australia that were similar to the ones in Southern Asia. They think the same plants once lived on the continents. The West Coast of Africa has very similar rock formations to those on the East Coast of South America.
*10 major plates:
-Pacific Plate
-North America Plate
-Cocos Plate
-Nazca plate
-South America Plate
-African Plate
-Eurasian Plate
-Indian Plate
-Australian Plate
-Antarctic Plate
*These plates move in relation to one another at one of three plate boundaries.
*It is also the top layer of the Earth's crust.
* Scientists found fossils on Australia that were similar to the ones in Southern Asia. They think the same plants once lived on the continents. The West Coast of Africa has very similar rock formations to those on the East Coast of South America.