Tectonic plates often shift position by the force of liquid rock emerging from blow the earth's surface and then cooling to form hard rock. This most often occurs On the ocean floor.
When tectonic plates move, They move along the ocean floor, which is the crust, and It cause earthquakes and volcanoes and also caused Pangaea to break apart and become what it is now, The seven continents.
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