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The driving force within the earth’s mantle that drives volcanic activity is _______.

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Convection force.

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Motion of the tectonic plates in the mantle is driven by convectional force. As the mantle material remains solid, pressure and heat allows the convectional forces to move the mantle material causing volcanicity.

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