What is the ultimate cause of plate tectonics?
Plate Tectonics

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mantle convection
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The tectonic plates float on the
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asthenosphere
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The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the
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lithosphere
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Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms
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Continental Drift
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Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, magnetic reversal
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Plate Tectonics
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The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.
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Continental Drift
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The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges
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Seafloor Spreading
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