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How to tectonic plates move?

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Gravity and convection make tectonic plated move
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Answer:

Tectonic plates shift in diffrent ways

Step-by-step explanation:

Transform--where plates essentially grind past each other with no subduction.

Convergent--where plates collide. Oceanic plate to oceanic plate convergence will result in the more dense plate subducting under the less dense plate.

Divergent--where plates move apart. The major diverging plates are located at the mid-ocean ridge system where melting material from the asthenosphere fills in the separating plate zone, creating new crust.

There you go.

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