Staying in the Hawaii area, examine the numbers associated with the "Volcanic chains (hot spot tracks).kmz" layer. These are radiometric ages in millions of years (Ma) for the volcanic rocks on the Hawaiian Islands and the submerged seamounts. Use the ruler tool in Google Earth to measure the distance between the center of the big island to the center of the 12,000,000 year old (12 MA) seamount. Set your ruler tool to read in inches. Use distance and time to estimate the speed of the Pacific Plate in inches per year. Do this by dividing your measured distance by the age of the seamount. See the equation below. speed distance (inches) time (years)

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Staying in the Hawaii area, examine the numbers associated with the "Volcanic chains (hot spot tracks).kmz" layer.
These are radiometric ages in millions of years (Ma) for the volcanic rocks on the Hawaiian Islands and the submerged
seamounts.
Use the ruler tool in Google Earth to measure the distance between the center of the big island to the center of the
12,000,000 year old (12 MA) seamount. Set your ruler tool to read in inches.
Use distance and time to estimate the speed of the Pacific Plate in inches per year. Do this by dividing your measured
distance by the age of the seamount. See the equation below.
speed
This question is worth 3 points.
distance (inches)
time (years)

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