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Explain how tectonic plates are constantly moving?

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They are floating on the Earth's mantle, a really thick layer of hot flowing rock. The flow of the mantle causes the plates to move in different directions. When the edges of plates meet, four things can happen: Even though plates move very slowly, their motion, called plate tectonics, has a huge impact on the Earth.

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