What makes plates move?
A. heat convection within the earth
B. movement of ice sheets
C. cold air currents on earth's surface
D. radiation from the sun

Question

What makes plates move?
A. heat convection within the earth
B. movement of ice sheets
C. cold air currents on earth's surface
D. radiation from the sun

kobi · Answer

Plates at our planet's surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth's core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down

anonymous · Answer

Tectonic plates move because of high heat from the inside of earth. This causes the mantle layer of the earth to move, so that the tectonic plates are rubbing again'st each other.