Why do the plates move?
a. Convention currents cause the splitting in the Earth's crust along the mid-ocean ridges
b. The new material pushes the old farther away, thus causing the plates to move
c. External thermal such as sun radiation motivates a dynamic Earth
d. All of the above
e. Both a and b
Answer: e. Both a and b
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