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Tectonic plates move about the same rate that finger nails or your hair grows (centimeters per year). However, it varies from plate to plate. Some move at 3 centimeters while other's move around 6.

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Earth's lithospheric plates move at a rate of a few centimeters per year, which is about the same rate at which fingernails grow. This movement is driven by the heat and convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

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They move very slow! They move about about the rate your nails or your hair grows, but they vary from plate to plate. Some move only 2.5 cm per year and some move up to 15 cm per year. Hope I helped! :)

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Both the Cocos and the Nazca plates of the eastern Pacific (near Central America are moving at up to 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) yearly. The average speed of plate movements is much less, around 1 to 4 cm per year.

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All the tectonic plates move at between 2cm and 10cm per year. For example the African plate is moving at 2.5 cm/year in a northwest direction. It varies between plates but is generally within these speeds.

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About 2 to 5 centimeters per year (1 to 2 inches per year), about the same speed that your fingernails grow. We know, then, that the outermost part of Earth consists of a series of large slabs (tectonic plates; lithospheric plates) that move slowly over the globe, powered by flow in the interior mantle.

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tectonic plates mover SUPER SLOW usually on a couple of centimeters a year

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I was told about as fast as your fingernail grows. I could be wrong though. :)

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This varies from plate to plate. Some move at about the speed your fingernails grow, some much faster.

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1-2 inches a year

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What is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface?

The lithospheric plates move around on the asthenosphere, which is a partially molten layer of the Earth's upper mantle. This semi-fluid layer allows the plates to slide and interact with each other.


How might the plasticity of the mantle influence the movement of the earths lithospheric plates?

Plasticity means that there is enough movement in the asthenosphere to allow thelithospheric plates to move.


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Do lithospheric plates constantly move?

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The lithospheric plates move an average of?

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Roughly how fast do most lithospheric plates move?

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