mantle convection is one of the driving forces behind plate tectonics based on the suggestion an author homes with happened when the mantle is heated?
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The mantle is heated from below (the core), and in areas that are hotter it rises upwards (it is buoyant), whereas in areas that are cooler it sink down. This results in convection cells in the mantle, and produces horizontal motion of mantle material close to the Earth surface.