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Explain how plates move (geography) and can someone explain what convection currents are? not off the internet and in simple way pls I'm not that clever thanks
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Explain how plates move (geography)
and can someone explain what convection currents are? not off the internet and in simple way pls I'm not that clever thanks
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The Earth's crust is broken up into pieces called plates
. Heat rising and falling inside the mantle creates convection currents generated by radioactive decay in the core. The convection currents move
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