According to the plate tectonics theory how many major plates are there on the earth?

Answer by  Tentra (13)

There are 7 primary plates, each makes up the bulk of the worlds continents, they are the African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, and South American Plate. There are also 7 secondary, smaller plates. These are typically shown on maps with the primary plates.

Answer by  Chemist47 (189)

There are seven or eight major plates and several minor plates. The earths crust slides on the molten core, the continental plates drift somewhat freely around and are the cause of a lot of natural phenomenon like mountain-forming and earthquakes due to activity at plate boundaries like subduction or sliding edge to edge

Answer by  abdalla (10)

African plate Indian plate antarctic plate Eurasian plate south American plate australian plate pacific plate Nazca plate phillipine sea plate Arabian plate Cocos plate Caribbean plate North American plate

Answer by  Anonymous

There are seven Major plats on Earth