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Chapter 6: The Earth-Moon System
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
This US Geological Survey site includes a number of links on erthquake related topics, education resources, and articles on plate tectonics.
Visit the USGS - Earthquake topics web site
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Tides (I)
In practice, tides are not simple. This is NOAA's National Ocean Service site, which provides a nice tutorial on tides. For predictions about tides for any coastal region of the US check NOAA's site http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tide_pred.html.
Visit the Tides and Currents (I) web site
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Tides (II)
This site provides a tutorial on tides and currents at a level that is higher than the level of the text.
Visit the Tides and Currents (II) web site
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Auroras
This site includes two movies of auroras and additional related links.
Visit the Auroras web site
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