Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite

Edward F. Redish

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Continental drift

According to some recent highly accurate measurements made from satellites, the continent of North America is drifting at a rate of about 1 cm per year. Assuming a continent is about 50 km thick, estimate the kinetic energy the continental US has a a result of this motion.


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