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  • Earth's Crust: Understanding the Major Tectonic Plates
    The Earth's crust is made up of 15 major tectonic plates and many smaller ones.

    Here are the major plates:

    * African Plate

    * Antarctic Plate

    * Arabian Plate

    * Australian Plate

    * Caribbean Plate

    * Cocos Plate

    * Eurasian Plate

    * Indian Plate

    * Juan de Fuca Plate

    * Nazca Plate

    * North American Plate

    * Pacific Plate

    * Philippine Plate

    * Scotia Plate

    * South American Plate

    These plates are constantly moving and interacting with each other, leading to various geological phenomena like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation.

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