Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Continental plates are enormous and incredibly heavy. Yet all evidence supports the hypothesis that the plates move a few inches each year. How can plates move around on Earth’s surface?
Group of answer choices

Plates ride on very slow currents in the mantle beneath them.

Plate movement is caused by Earth’s daily rotation.

Plates shift around as climate change causes ocean levels to rise and fall.

Plates move because of earthquakes in the lithosphere.