Download Make a bar graph with the Tectonic Plate as the independent

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Objective: To show the rate and direction in which
Earth’s lithospheric plates are moving.
Make a bar graph with the Tectonic Plate as the independent variable and the velocity as the dependent variable.
**Be sure to title your graph and label the x axis and the y axis as well as put in the units where it is appropriate.
**Use different colors for different plates so that two colors are not next to each other.
Plate Data
Answer these questions in complete sentences:
1. Which plate is moving the fastest?
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2. Which plate is moving the slowest?
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3. What is the average velocity of all the plates together? __________________________________________
4. What percentage of plates are moving more than 10 cm/yr?
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5. What percentage of plates are moving less than 5 cm/yr?
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6. Why is the North American Plate moving west? Be specific.
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7. If the Nazca Plate is moving east and the South American Plate is moving west, what is happening on the
boundary between the two?
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8. What geographic feature is being caused by the collision in question #7?
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9. Why do you think most of the plates are moving north, northwest or west? Give a reasonable
answer using your knowledge of plate tectonics.
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