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Year 9, unit 2 Plate tectonics Name: .......................................................................... Class: .......................... Date: ...................... Lesson 3: Plate boundaries Extension worksheet: Does climate change affect seismic activity? Scientists developed the theory of plate tectonics using significant evidence including sea floor spreading, earthquakes and volcanic activity. The theory was refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community. Sometimes claims seem purely speculative and evidence needs to be provided to make a scientifically based assessment of the claim. One such claim is that climate change is causing earthquakes. Task 1. Analyse and evaluate the arguments for and against the claim “Climate change is affecting seismic activity”. 2. Devise a method of summarising the arguments for and against. Use the following websites: ‘An unexpected climate scientist’ BBC One Frozen Planet (Video 4:00min) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011vc1z Could a changing environment set of volcanoes and quakes? Yale Environment 360 website http://e360.yale.edu/feature/could_a_changing_climate_set_off_volcanoes_and_ quakes/2525/ (May 2012) Article and podcast (8:56 min) Optional: Make a model of the change in the crust that could result as a consequence of massive melting of the cryosphere. © 2013 Australian Science Innovations. You may copy, distribute and adapt this material free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided you retain all copyright notices and acknowledgements.