Which of the following best explains the cause and effect relationship between convection currents in the mantle and the movement of tectonic plates?

A. The tectonic plates will heat up the mantle due to being closer to the surface of the earth and sun. The less dense particles in the mantle fall and cool toward the core, driving the convection cycle.

B. The tectonic plates drive the convection cycles in the mantle. As the plates move apart or push together, particles in the mantle will be thrust toward the core.

C. The heat from the core will make the particles in the mantle more dense and rise, causing plates in the
lithosphere to move in the opposite direction of the convection current.

D. The heat from the core will make particles in the mantle less dense and rise, causing plates in the
lithosphere to move in the direction of the convection current.