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Which descibes the motion of the plates

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Answer:

a rotation about a virtual axis that passes through the center of the sphere (Euler's theorem)

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Answer: The heat from radioactive processes within the planet's interior causes the plates to move, sometimes toward and sometimes away from each other. This movement is called plate motion, or tectonic shift.

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