Geo News Extra Credit
GLG 101 Spring 2021
Instructions
See Geo News In-Class assignment in Module 1 for instructions. The extra credit is the
same deal.
Article 1
1. How you found it: googled “latest volcanic activity from space”
2. Original source: NewScientist.com
3. Weblink: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260500-plate-tectonics-mayhave-begun-a-billion-years-earlier-than-thought/
4. Written title: Plate tectonics may have began a billion years earlier than thought
5. What was the most interesting thing you learned? The claim has earned a
mixed response from geologists. Many argue that Earth was too hot at the
time for plate tectonics in its modern form.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260500-plate-tectonics-may-havebegun-a-billion-years-earlier-than-thought/#ixzz6nB3i53U4
6. Number of sources: 2
7. Selected Source:
o Name or organization: New scientist, Moonie’s photography
o Credential: Michael Marshal
o Would you trust the expertise of this source? Yes, I would trust this source
Article 2
8.
How you found it: googled “Volcanic history of yellow stone national park”
9.
Original source: USGS.com
10.
Weblink: https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/what-did-yellowstone-lookyellowstone-hot-spot?qt-news_science_products=4#qt-news_science_products
11.
Written title: What did yellow stone look like before the Yellowstone
hotspot?
12. What was the most interesting thing you learned? Some of the oldest rocks on
Earth reside along the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park.
13.
14.
Number of sources: 1
Selected Source: Yellowstone volcano observatory (YVO)
o Name or organization: Montana State University
o Credential: Natali Krag
o Would you trust the expertise of this source? Yes, I would def trust this
source
Article 3
15.
How you found it: googled “geologic formation of the Grand Canyon”
16.
Original source: nps.gov
17.
Weblink: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
18.
Written title: Geologic formations
19.
What was the most interesting thing you learned? The Colorado River has carved
20.
21.
Number of sources: 1
Selected Source:
o Name or organization: nps.gov
o Credential: John Strong Newberry
o Would you trust the expertise of this source? Yes, I trust this source
the Grand Canyon into four plateaus of the Colorado Plateau Province.
Ranking from most trustworthy source to least:
Article _1_; Article _2_; Article _3_