How are convection currents and magma related to the plate movement
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How are convection currents and magma related to the plate movement

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My teacher started to explain this today in school but I got totally lost. Can someone please clarify? Thanks!

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The transfer of heat via convection is the engine of plate tectonics. The plates move on a bed magma that flows due to convective heat transfer.
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