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What is the driving force for the movement of earths plates?
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What is the driving force for the movement of earths plates?

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Heat and gravity are fundamental to the process
The energy source for plate tectonics is Earth's internal heat while the forces moving the plates are the “ridge push” and “slab pull” gravity forces.

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