Each fragment of the earth's crust is called a _______.

Q. Each fragment of the earth's crust is called a _______.
Answer: plate
Notes: Plates are pieces of Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. The plates are around 100 km thick and consist of two principal types of material: oceanic crust (also called sima from silicon and magnesium) and continental crust (sial from silicon and aluminium).

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