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How does Earths Mantle move tectonic plates?

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Seafloor Spreading at Mid-Ocean Ridges. Convection currents drive the movement of Earth's rigid tectonic plates in the planet's fluid molten mantle. ... Hot magma rises to the crust's surface, cracks develop in the ocean floor, and the magma pushes up and out to form mid-ocean ridges.

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