what is the reason behind the movement of the tectonic plate?
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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 plates of the crust along with them.
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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 plates of the crust along with them. Such forces have built mountains and split continents. They have also caused faults, cracks in the earth's crust. Shifts along a fault can also cause earthquakes or violent jolts in the area around it. Plate tectonics cause folding of rock layers into mountains.
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