Which one of the following is NOT a minor tectonic plate?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Antarctica
The Earth’s lithosphere is broken into seven major plates and several minor ones.
Major plates: Antarctic (with the surrounding oceanic plate), North American, South American, Pacific, India-Australia-New Zealand, Africa, Eurasia
Minor plates: Cocos, Nazca, Arabian, Philippine, Caroline, Fuji
Philippine, Arabian and Nazca are minor plates, while the Antarctic plate is one of the seven major plates, so it is the one that is not a minor plate.