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Moon And Mars: Plate Tectonic Movement
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The moon, mars, and earth all have plate tectonic movement, however, they all are active in different ways. The earth probably has the most tectonically advanced system. Tectonic plates are any one of the internally rigid crustal blocks of the lithosphere that move horizontally across the earth's surface relative to one another (Answers.com). Mars has a magnetic field in which move its plates about its surface. The magnetic stripes push and pull the plates causing tectonic movement. One scientist says that the more measurements they collect the more accurate they are (geology.com). The scientists have found many similarities of the effects of the magnetic fields affecting the planets crusts between Earth and Mars. The fact

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