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How do convection currents in the mantle move tectonic plates???
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How do convection currents in the mantle move tectonic plates???

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it causes subduction zones and continental boundaries, these can cause earthquakes and volcanoes
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The convection currents circulate the magma underneath the tectonic plates, causing it to move them.
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