Multiple Choice
The mechanism causing lithospheric plates to move is thought to be ________.
A) convection in the mantle
B) slab pull caused by a subducting lithosphere
C) tidal forces
D) Earth's rotation
E) a combination of convection in the mantle and slab pull caused by subducting lithosphere
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