Question

This is not one of the seven major lithospheric plates

a. Mediterranean Plate
b. Pacific Plate
c. African Plate
d. North American Plate

Answer 1

The correct answer is option (a).

Explanation: Pieces of the Earth's crust and the uppermost mantle that together form the lithosphere are known as tectonic plates or lithospheric plates. Mediterranean Plate is not a tectonic plate. The seven major lithospheric plates are the African Plate, the Eurasian Plate, the Pacific Plate, the North American Plate, the South American Plate, the Antarctic Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.