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Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Answer the last question only. "Make a prediction where the next island in the Hawaiian island will form mark the location on the map"

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A
Oahu
(2.5 Myr)
Molokai
Kaui
(1.6 Myr)
(4.7 Myr)
NT
100 km
Hawaiian Islands
Maui
(1.1 Myr)
Hawaii
(0 Myr)
Kilauea
C. What was the rate of motion of the Pacific plate between 4.7-2.5 million years ago?
200km/2.2 million years.
= 0.091 km Imillion years
D. What was the rate of motion of the Pacific plate between 2.5-1.6 million years ago?
lookm/0.9 million years
= 111.11 km/million years
E. What was the rate of motion of the Pacific plate between 1.6-1.1 million years ago?
100km 10.5 million years
=200km/million years
E. Make a prediction of where the next island in the Hawaiian island will form.
Mark the location on the map.
Transcribed Image Text:<LAB-2-manual-plate tetonics Mey Fillable Home Insert Draw Layout Review View References Select ☐☐ Select Objects Draw with Touch A Oahu (2.5 Myr) Molokai Kaui (1.6 Myr) (4.7 Myr) NT 100 km Hawaiian Islands Maui (1.1 Myr) Hawaii (0 Myr) Kilauea C. What was the rate of motion of the Pacific plate between 4.7-2.5 million years ago? 200km/2.2 million years. = 0.091 km Imillion years D. What was the rate of motion of the Pacific plate between 2.5-1.6 million years ago? lookm/0.9 million years = 111.11 km/million years E. What was the rate of motion of the Pacific plate between 1.6-1.1 million years ago? 100km 10.5 million years =200km/million years E. Make a prediction of where the next island in the Hawaiian island will form. Mark the location on the map.
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