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the plate move about three inches a year. :P
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How far does the North American plate move each year?
2.5 to 5cm per year
How does ocean drilling provide evidence for plate tectonics?
It determines how far the ocean has spread
What causes landforms to change?
Plate tectonics. is the shift of large "pieces" or tectonic plates that cover the surface of the earth
What formula do scientists use to predict how far a plate will move in a certain amount of time?
Distance = Speed x TimeFor example, let's say a plate moves a distance of 5 centimeters in one year. So, the speed of the plate is 5cm/yr. You can use this speed to predict how far the plate will move in 1000 years.Distance= (5cm/1yr) x (1000yr)=5000cm
What is research that shows pangaea will happen again?
Plate tectonics. The earths plates are always drifting and will one day drift so far that they will meet again.
How far can tectonics move a year?
2 cm
Do humans have an effect on the plate tectonics?
No. The forces of plate tectonics are far more powerful than anything we could hope to influence.
When did plate tectonics stop?
As far as the Earth is concerned - plate tectonics has not stopped; the plates are still in motion - which is why we get earthquakes and volcanic eruptions along the plate boundaries.
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes appear?
Around plate boundaries Sometimes they can occur far from plate boundaries.
How far does the South American plate move a year?
3 inches
How far does the North American plate move each year?
2.5 to 5cm per year
How far does the Indo-Australian plate move each year?
2-5cm.
How does ocean drilling provide evidence for plate tectonics?
It determines how far the ocean has spread
A plate moves 45 mm per year how far will the plate move in 100 years?
4,500 mm = 4.5 metres
What causes landforms to change?
Plate tectonics. is the shift of large "pieces" or tectonic plates that cover the surface of the earth
What formula do scientists use to predict how far a plate will move in a certain amount of time?
Distance = Speed x TimeFor example, let's say a plate moves a distance of 5 centimeters in one year. So, the speed of the plate is 5cm/yr. You can use this speed to predict how far the plate will move in 1000 years.Distance= (5cm/1yr) x (1000yr)=5000cm
Why do you suppose plate tectonics is a theory and not a law?
For one thing many of its premises are far from uncontroversial. A minority of geologists internationally dissent from the Plate Tectonics paradigm to one degree or another. Many of the latter are loosely organized around the New Concepts in Global Tectonics Group. These geologists and geophysicists have also organized special sessions at meetings of the International Geological Congress and the European Geophysical Union, and continue to publish the New Concepts in Global Tectonics newsletter.
