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What is the force that move the Earth's plates?

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Anonymous

∙ 11y ago
Updated: 8/21/2022

The force that causes most of the plate movement is thermal convection, where heat from the earth's interior causes currents of hot rising magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the of plate the crust along with them.

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