What are tectonic plates ? What causes them to move?
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A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. By contrast, oceanic crust is composed of basaltic rocks, which are much denser and heavier.
Convection currents, slab pull, and ridge push move Earth's huge tectonic plates.
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Tectonic plates are large plates of rock that make up the foundation (or we can say the base but please write foundation in the exams if you want to sound more familiar) of the Earth's crust and the shape of the continents. The tectonic plates comprise the bottom of the crust and the top of the Earth's mantle. There are ten major plates on Earth and many more minor ones.
One of the reasons in convection which is the heat produced by specific cells of the Earth's mantle. The heat makes the solid rock moves upwards and the colder rocks moves inwards/downwards.
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