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The North American Plate, Pacific Plate, and Caribbean Plate are adjacent to the United States Plate.
The Eurasian, The Caribbean, The Cocos, The Pacific, The Juan de Fuca, The African, and the Okhost Plates all border the North American Plate and can affect it.
Plate tectonic is the state the outer portion of the earth crust composed rigid units called plates.
The state of Hawaii is not on the North American tectonic plate; it sits on the Pacific Plate.
Plate tectonics refers to the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that move and interact with each other. Plate movements are the actual motion of these plates, causing phenomena like earthquakes, volcanic activity, and mountain building. So, plate tectonics is the overarching theory explaining the movement of plates, while plate movements are the physical processes by which these plates shift.
It depends on the state. Some states in the US require cars to have license plates on both the front and back, while others only require a rear plate.
California is the most seismically active state in the United States due to its location along the boundary of the Pacific Plate and North American Plate, resulting in frequent earthquakes. California experiences both small tremors and larger, more destructive earthquakes.