The source of energy that drives the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates is convection currents in the mantle. These currents are caused by the heat from the Earth's core, which creates a circulation pattern in the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath the rigid lithosphere (the Earth's crust and upper mantle). As hot material rises and cooler material sinks, it generates the movement that causes the tectonic plates to shift.
According to the theory plate tectonics, the Earth's crust is broken into about 12 plates that float on hotter, softer rocks in the underlying mantle. These plates move about the Earth, just inches each year. These slight movements are responsible, in great part, for the earthquakes and volcanoes that happen on Earth. What is the source of energy that drives this plate movement?(1 point)Responses the subducton of the sea floor the subducton of the sea floor convection currents in the mantle convection currents in the mantle the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates the friction force between the plates that move past each other
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