Tectonic plates move at rates that are approximately ________.
A) 1 to 5 cm every 1,000 years
B) 1 to 15 cm/year
C) 1 to 15 m/year
D) 10 to 100 m/year
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A)only within continental
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A) mantle plumes.
B)
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