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How have scientists figured out that the pacific plate is moving at about nine centimeters per year?
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∙ 8y ago
All of the tectonic plates move, but they move at different speeds depending on which plates are involved. The Pacific plate moves slightly more than four centimeters annually.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agothey are constantly moving and always have been.
Lilly Kanter
The Pacific Plate moves west at a rate of 7 to 11 centimeters per year.
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∙ 11y agoThey measure it each year.
Kate Russell
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∙ 8y agoThey studied the plates and measured.
Jackson Reeser
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They studied the plates and measured and that's how i think they found out.
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