Year 9: Tectonic Activity in New Zealand

The location of natural phenomenon such as volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis is not random.

• EarthHow: 7 Major Tectonic Plates: The World’s Largest Plate Tectonics

• EarthHow: Plate Tectonic Types: Divergent, Convergent and Transform Plates

• Learner.org: Plates and boundaries

• USGS: This dynamic Earth

• USGS: Understanding plate motions 

• BBC Bitesize: Plate margins and plate tectonics

• Australian Geographic: Earthquakes in Australia

• National Geographic Society: Plate Tectonics

• Britannica: Plate tectonics

• Smithsonian Institute: National Museum of Natural History: The Volcanoes of the World database is a catalog of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes, and eruptions from the past 12,000 years

• Lumen Learning: The Theory of Plate Tectonics | Geology

• Faultline: Theory of Plate Tectonics | Exploratorium

• Live Science: What is Plate Tectonics?

• The Conversation: Plate tectonics: new findings fill out the 50-year-old theory that explains Earth’s landmasses

• Global Issues in Context database: Plate tectonics

• Plate Tectonics - An uncorrected proof copy of Ch 5 in Oxford Insight SCIENCE 9 Australian Curriculum for NSW Stage 4 textbook

• GEOetc: Evidence for plate tectonics

• Science Magazine: Monitoring volcanoes

• ThoughtCo: Measuring Plate Motion in Plate Tectonics

• UCSB Science Line: What is the evidence that support the theory of plate tectonics?

• UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk of volcano catastrophe 'a roll of the dice' say experts 

• USGS: Reducing risk where tectonic plates collide

• Smithsonian Institution: How do scientists forecast eruptions?

• Lumen Learning: Predicting Volcanic Eruptions

• Temblor: How good is earthquake early warning?

• Study Smarter: Tectonic hazards

• ESKP: Assessing volcanic hazards

• JKGeography: Measuring volcanic eruptions

• Journal of Applied Volcanology: Evaluating life-safety risk for fieldwork on active volcanoes: the volcano life risk estimator (VoLREst), a volcano observatory’s decision-support tool

• Frontiers in Earth Science: A New Inclusive Volcanic Risk Ranking, Part 1: Methodology

• Phivolcs: Volcano Monitoring (Alert Levels)

• Global volcanic hazards and risks

  Ebook ISBN 978-1-107-11175-2

• Earthquake risk assessment of buildings accounting for human evacuation
  From EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS. 2017; 46:561–583 .

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General

• Our world in data

• United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Earthquakes

• GeoScience Australia: Earthquakes

• Data World: Earthquakes

• USGS: Earthquake data
• USGS: National Earthquake Information Center

Volcanoes

• GeoScience Australia: Volcano

• Oregon State University: Sources of data - Volcano world

• Data World: Volcanoes

• Smithsonian Institute: USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

• Volcanoes Top Trumps: Sources of volcano information

• MyNASA Data: Volcanic eruptions

• Global volcanic hazards and risks
  Ebook

Tsunamis

• US Tsunami Warning System: Tsunami frequently asked questions
• Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology: Tsunami Facts and Information
• United States Geological Survey (USGS): What are tsunamis?
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Tsunami Data and Information
• UNESCO: International Tsunami Information Center

1. Use 'Ctrl F' (Control + Find) to search for particular terms easily in a long document, whether from a website or a database article.

2. Use a Google domain command eg site:edu OR site:gov to limit results to a CERTAIN DOMAIN such as education or government eg biodiesel site:edu

3. Use a Google command to limit results to the MOST RECENT: After you get your results, choose the Google Menu Bar, and choose 'Tools'. Then on the far left, at the drop-down menu next to 'Any Time', you can choose 'Within the last year' (or less, if you prefer), but generally, you can choose 'Custom Range' at the bottom, as often the last 3-4 years would be sufficient for a recent search.

Check the quality of your websites using these criteria (adapted from QUT Library):

Currency: Timeliness of the information

• When was the information published, posted or last updated?

• Is the information current for your topic and field of study? How recent does it have to be? Can older sources work just as well?

Relevance: Importance of the information for your needs

• Is the information appropriate for a senior secondary course?

• Is this an adequately in-depth examination or a quick summary of the topic?

• Who's the intended audience? Is it the general public, a student, a researcher or industry?

• Is the level of information too basic or too advanced for your needs?

Authority: Source of the information

• Is the author/authoring body (individual person, or institution, or organisation) established and reputable?

• Are their qualifications, credentials, expertise, experience, educational background and previous work (if any) relevant and do they add credibility to the source?

• Has the piece been published by a well-known and respected publisher or organisation?

• Do references to other sources support the writing ie is a Reference List provided?

Accuracy: Reliability and correctness of the information

• Where does the information come from, and is it supported by evidence?

• Does it have a Reference List or Bibliography so you can easily find and verify the sources used?

• Are there any spelling, grammar, or other typographical errors?

Purpose: Reason the information exists

• What is the purpose of the information? Why was it written?

• Does the point of view appear objective, unbiased and impartial?

• Is the viewpoint of the author's affiliation/ sponsors reflected in the message or content?

• Does the author acknowledge alternative versions of the issues or facts?

Purpose: Reason the information exists

• What is the purpose of the information? Why was it written?

• Does the point of view appear objective, unbiased and impartial?

Choose the sources you wish to evaluate. Save this document to your tablet, complete the evaluation of the sources (one per page) and print out to attach to the back of your assignment.

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• Make sure everything in your Reference List has a corresponding In-Text citation in the body of your essay.

Figure 1

A cross section of the Earth showing convection currents

Note: This image indicates the various ways that convection currents travel through the Earth. From "Plate Tectonics Map - Plate Boundary Map", by H. M. King, 2022,    (https://geology.com/plate-tectonics.html)