Which other information is needed to calculate the speed a plate is moving if the width of the magnetic stripe is known"?(1 point)
Responses
the length of time between polar shifts
the length of time between polar shifts
the direction the iron particles are aligned
the direction the iron particles are aligned
the distance from the mid-oceanic ridge
the distance from the mid-oceanic ridge
the width of the adjacent stripes
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None of the provided responses are correct. The width of the magnetic stripe alone is not sufficient to calculate the speed a plate is moving. Additional information such as the age of the rocks on either side of the stripe, the rate of seafloor spreading, or the distance between multiple stripes would be needed to calculate the speed of plate movement.
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