It’s a theory. It’s too complex to be reduced to a law
A law is almost mathematical in its essence. Newton’s Law of motion is a property of motion that almost cannot be derived from something more basic.
Plate tectonicss a property of the behavior of systems, plates, that are far from fundamental, like particles. So any statement about them is a theory.
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