What are the twenty major and the minor plates?

The Earth's lithosphere is divided into major and minor tectonic plates. The major plates include the Pacific, North American, Eurasian, South American, African, Antarctic, and Indo-Australian plates. Minor plates consist of smaller plates such as the Nazca, Cocos, Caribbean, Scotia, Arabian, Philippine Sea, and Juan de Fuca plates, among others. Together, these plates interact at their boundaries, leading to geological phenomena like earthquakes, volcanic activity, and mountain building.