No, plates do not move because of gravity. They move because of the convection currents in the Earth's interior. The heat rises up from the core and moves the lithospheric plates across Earth's surface. The main source is heat left over from the formation of our planet.
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Winds, gravity, plates.
its because the plates
its because the plates
the ocean plates move because of the movement of the the tectonic plates beneath the ocean and do to the motion of the oceans currents.
Gravity can cause the plates of Earth's crust to move through the process of plate tectonics. The force of gravity acting on the dense oceanic plates causes them to sink into the mantle at subduction zones, while the less dense continental plates can be pushed apart or pulled together along plate boundaries. This movement leads to the formation of features like mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
Plates at our planet's surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth's core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down.
Tectonic plates move thousands of miles because they are not anchored down.
In human history no state has had to move because of the Earth's plates.
Because of the gravity
because it can
They Move Towards Each Other because of the Plates.