Glencoe Science Level Red

Chapter 10: Forces Shaping Earth

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Topic: Plate Boundaries

Visit these sites to learn more about Earth's plates and the different boundaries that they form. Use the information to complete the activity in your book.



Understanding Plate Motion

( http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/understanding.html )
Plate Tectonics

( http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html )
The ABC's of Plate Tectonics

( http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/ptABCs.shtml )
Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading

( http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/description_plate_tectonics.html )

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Topic: Volcanic Mountains

Visit these sites to learn more about volcanic mountains. Use the information to complete the activity in your book.



USGS Volcanoes

( http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/ )
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

( http://www.nps.gov/havo/ )
Volcanoes Online

( http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/ )
Volcano Live

( http://www.volcanolive.com/contents.html )

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Visit these sites for more information about twins.



Highest Mountain Peaks in the World

( http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001771.html )
World Atlas of Mountain Geology

( http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/atlas/atlas.htm )
Peakware World Relief Maps

( http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/zoom.htm )
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