Tectonic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This got me an A* for A level Edexcel Geography. It's my revision notes for Topic 1 Tectonics which, like the rest of my geography notes, are filled with case studies, facts, diagrams, and explanations. I only used this for my revision for all my mocks and actual exam and got A*s in all. It's also got some extra information that can boost your grade even higher! I've arranged it so that all the information is organised under each specification point, so it's really useful for exam preparation!

A-level Geography Edexcel - Tectonic Hazards EQ.3 What does Parks' disaster response curve show? - ANS This plots the QoL changes overtime after a disaster occurs and divides the changes into sections: Relief Phase - The immediate response focusing on saving lives/property. Groups from outside the immediate area help with search, rescue and care operations and emergency supplies are sent in. Rehabilitation Phase - More complex, lasts several months, efforts are made to restore physi...

Conservative plate boundary - Answer where two tectonic plates slide past each other convergent plate boundary - Answer plates move towards each other and collide Divergent plate boundary - Answer Plates move away from each other Alfred Wegener 1912 - Answer All continents were once joined in a super continent called Pangea. Continental drift caused Pangea to move apart Holmes 1929 - Answer Convection in the mantle is the force behind continental drift oceanographic vessels 1...

A summary of Edexcel A Level Geography - Tectonic processes and Hazards notes.

This document provides a clearly structured break down for the entire Tectonics 38 mark essay in A level Eduqas Geography Component 3. It covers all the specification points with in-depth knowledge and detailed essay plans. This is including: 3.1.1 - Characteristics of the earth’s structure - mechanisms of plate movement, plate distribution and processes operating at different margins and tectonic activity at hotspots, global distribution of tectonic hazards; characteristics of the physical h...

Mantle - Answer A layer of rock that due to high temperatures is deformable (plastic) and flows very slowly Mantle Plumes - Answer Concentrated areas of heat convection. At plate boundaries they are sheet like, whereas at hotspots they are columns Subduction - Answer Process of one plate sinking beneath another at a convergent (destructive) plate boundary Focus - Answer Exact point where an earthquake origionates Epicentre - Answer Point on the earth's surface di...

Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...

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CSUF GEOL 310T-09 Henderson Plate Tectonics 100% Solved seafloor spreading The formation of new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth's mantle to the surface. Alfred Wegener A German scientist who proposed the theroy of continental drift Gondwanaland The continents of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica when all the continents were a single landmass. Mantle The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. Made of olivine a...

LSU GEOL 1001 - CHAPTER 4 Plate Tectonics, - Exam # 2 questions and answer