Describe the relationship between plate movements and earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, and sea floor spreading SPI 0707.7.6

Links verified on 4/29/2024

1. Earthquake Information Pages from the British Geological Survey
2. Earthquakes: Nature's Fury - (53:16) video from National Geographic
3. Plate Tectonics - the Cause of Earthquakes 
4. Science Odyssey: You Try It: Plate Tectonics - A hands-on exercise about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS. Requires Shockwave plug-in
5. Seafloor Spreading - seafloor spreadiing is the process by which new ocean floor is produced
6. Seafloor Spreading - the geologic process in which large slabs of Earth's lithosphere split apart from each other
7. Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory - VTSO compiles a Southeastern US Earthquake Catalog which can be browsed or downloaded.
8. Volcano World - The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info. This site is hosted by the University of North Dakota.
9. Volcanoes: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions? - A complete volcano unit from Annenberg/CPB
10. Volcanoes: Nature's Fury - from National Geographic
11. Volcano Hazards Program - from the USGS.
12. Volcanoes Page from the Michigan Technological University

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