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Plates of Earth move apart from each other due to :

A

conventional currents

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B

convection currents

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constructive currents

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D

compression currents

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Solution

The correct option is B convection currents
There are tectonics plates in the earth which lies above the earth lava and they are moved by the convection current of the fluid.

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