Multiple choice

What is the driving force for the movement of the lithospheric plates?

  1. heat in the atmosphere

  2. unequal distribution of heat within oceans

  3. unequal distribution of heat within the Earth

  4. heat from the sun

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lithospheric plates move due to mantle convection, which is powered by the unequal distribution of heat within Earth's interior.