how is the movement of tectonic plates related to formation of movement ranges give answer of this question
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- The movement of these tectonic plates is likely caused by convection currents in the molten rock in Earth's mantle below the crust.
- Earthquakes and volcanoes are the short-term results of this tectonic movement.
- The long-term result of plate tectonics is the movement of entire continents over millions of years.
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Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has greater mechanical strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection; that is, the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid mantle.
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