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Natasha_Volkova [10]
3 years ago
14

Tectonic plates move due to _____ forces.

Physics
2 answers:
Reptile [31]3 years ago
7 0
Not exactly forces but because they are floating on the liquid mantle 
wel3 years ago
6 0
<span>Tectonic plates move because they are floating on top of the liquid mantle. The mantle itself moves due to convection currents: hot rock rises, gives off some heat, then falls. This creates vast swirls of moving liquid rock under the crust of the earth, which jostles the plates of crust on top.
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