{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Answers","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers","author_name":"adminanswers","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/author\/adminanswers\/","title":"What are Plate Tectonics? - Answers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IaSFJ3Mdu1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/geography\/what-are-plate-tectonics\/\">What are Plate Tectonics?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/geography\/what-are-plate-tectonics\/embed\/#?secret=IaSFJ3Mdu1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What are Plate Tectonics?&#8221; &#8212; Answers\" data-secret=\"IaSFJ3Mdu1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/images.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/2018\/10\/map-plate-tectonics.png","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":582,"description":"This lithosphere is broken into plates called as the \u201ctectonic plate\u201d. The earth's lithosphere floats above the highly viscous and mechanically weak layer called the Asthenosphere. Hence, the lateral density variations in the mantle leads to convection, that is the slow movement of the earth's solid mantle. Map showing the major and minor tectonic plates on the surface of the Earth."}