Question

why do the plates move ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The heat from radioactive processes within the planet's interior causes the plates to move, sometimes toward and sometimes away from each other. This movement is called plate motion, or tectonic shift.

Answer 2

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why do the plates move ?

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• the heat from radioactive processes within the planets interior causes the plates to move.
• This movement is called plate motion or tectonic shift .
• It moves in a pattern called a convection cells that forms when warms material rises , cools and eventually sink down.

Other information :-

• plates move at a rate of one to two inches.
• when an ocean plate collides with another ocean plate , one plate will bend and slide under the other , this process is called subduction.