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How does the flow of energy as heat in earths interior contribute to the movement of tectonic plates?
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∙ 11y ago
The heat of the mantle and the movement around under earth makes the plates move. It's kind of like giant floating rafts on an ocean. The water beneath them would cause them to move, and perhaps to run into each other, or even tear one apart or sink it if it got into the wrong spot. This is similar, except it is molten rock, and the continents are way more massive than a floating raft. The process is thus much slower, but the land still runs into itself in places (causing mountains), and tears away in other places (causing earthquakes or other land movement).
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