Movement of the Pacific Plate The Pacific plate (thefloor of the Pacific Ocean) near Hawaii is moving atabout 0.000071 kilometer per year. This is about thespeed at which a fingernail grows. Use scientific nota-tion to determine how many kilometers the Pacificplate travels in 1 million years.

To write 0.000071 kilometers per year in the scientific notation, move the decimal point 5 places to…

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Movement of the Pacific Plate The Pacific plate (the floor of the Pacific Ocean) near Hawaii is moving at about 0.000071 kilometer per year. This is about the speed at which a fingernail grows. Use scientific nota- tion to determine how many kilometers the Pacific plate travels in 1 million years.