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Why Do Plates Move Towards Each Other?

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Why Do Plates Move Towards Each Other? The plates can be thought of like pieces of a cracked shell that rest on the hot, molten rock of Earth’s mantle and fit snugly against one another. The heat from radioactive processes within the planet’s interior causes the plates to move, sometimes toward and sometimes away from

What Are Conservative Plate Boundaries?

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What Are Conservative Plate Boundaries? A conservative plate boundary, sometimes called a transform plate margin, occurs where plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds. Friction is eventually overcome and the plates slip past in a sudden movement. What is a conservative boundary? A conservative plate