KewlKid123
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Which of the following best describes the process that causes the movement of the Earth's surface plates?

A.
Earthquakes cause the plates to move.
B.
The effect of the earth revolving causes currents within the mantle.
C.
Heating and cooling within the mantle cause convection currents.
D.
The mantle is a liquid and the plates float.
E.
Oceans push against the continents causing them to move.

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kml27076
Plates at our planet's surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth's core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down.