Based on the average of your five answers in problem 1, what has been the approximate rate of movement of the Pacific Plate in the area of the Hawaiian Islands over the last 5.1 million years?
About 110 mm (4.3 ) per year.
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The present-day tilt of Earth's axis of rotation is 23.5° degrees. What would be a result of more tilt, as shown here?
A) High latitudes would receive fewer hours of sunlight in winter
B) A decrease in glacial activity
C) An increase in the summer to winter temperature differences
D) All of these are correct.
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What is the Aboriginal worldview that links people to ancestors and the past to the present?
A) corroboree B) hongi C) Waking life D) Dreamtime E) none of the above
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Which of the following is oldest?
A) Hawaiian Islands B) Hawaiian Seamounts C) Emperor Seamounts D) East Pacific Rise
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The so-called "winds of commerce" are the ________ winds
A) horse latitude B) Rossby wave C) trade D) monsoon E) westerly
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