Original Project
Plate Tectonics
The outer layer of the earth – including the continents and the ocean basins - consists of separate plates.
Item PT015001: Continents are part of earth's plates.
The solid rock of the cliffs in the photograph is part of a continent. What is the relationship between the continent and earth’s plates?
- The continent is part of a plate.
- The continent is next to but is not part of a plate.
- The continent is on top of a layer of water that is above a plate.
- The continent is directly on top of a plate but is not part of the plate.
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