Tectonics - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Natural Event Geological or atmospheric processes involving the release of energy and has nothing to do with people. Geological is due to the hot interior of the Earth and can be expressed as volcanoes. Atmospheric type of energy is the product of solar energy which can be expressed as tornadoes. Characteristics of a Natural Disaster (5) geological, atmospheric, magnitude, frequency, duration, areal extent Recurrence interval time between same sized events (150 years) frequency 1/recurrenc...

Complete set of notes that are typed which include all the information needed to achieve full 16 marks on the Tectonics section in Paper 1. Notes included detailed notes on lava types, volcanoes, management models and information on tsunamis and earthquakes needed to answer the 12 mark essay in Paper 1. Multiple key case studies including Monserrat, Japan 2011 etc

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Outline the structure of the core. - Answer The core is made up of dense rocks containing iron and nickel alloys. It is divided into the solid inner core and the molten outer core, which has a temperature of over 5000C. This heat is produced due to two processes: primordial heat left over from the Earth's formation and radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes. Outline the structure of the mantle. - Answer The mantle is made up of molten and semi-molten rocks contai...

Antonio Snider Pellegrini Correct Answer The man to create the explanations of why the continents look like they can fit together In 1985 he published a book that describes rapid catastrophic split of continents during Noah's Flood Alfred Wegener Correct Answer The man that proposed the idea that we call "continental drift" Continental drift Correct Answer A slow/gradual break up of a single super continent called Pangaea Wegener's 6 Lines of Evidence Correct Answer 1) Fit of the C...

ESC2000 Exam 3 Plate Tectonics, Minerals, & Rocks Questions and Answers 2023 (Verified Answers by Expert)

A complete document of all the specification listed case studies required for enquiry questions 1, 2, 3 of 'Tectonic Processes and hazards', Topic 1 of Unit 1 in A level Geography (Edexcel). Put together by an A* student. Includes the following case studies: Asian tsunami 2004, 2011 Tohoku tsunami, 2010 EFJ eruption, 1991 Mt Pinatubo eruption, 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2010 Haiti earthquake, Philippines multiple hazard zone

What does plate tectonics refer to? correct answers It is a theory explaining the movement of the Earth's crust -Earth's crust is not solid but rather a bunch of pieces (or 'plates') that move on the surface of the Earth. Similar to cracked egg shell. We need all three boundary types for plates to move around Earth's surface: -Convection currents -- drives the movement -Mid-ocean ridge -- spreading center Subduction zones -- oceanic trench site of crust destruction What is the maj...

IGCSE Tectonics Study Guide Test 2024. Crust - CORRECT ANSWER outer layer of the earth Mantle - CORRECT ANSWER layer of molten rock under the crust Constructive boundary - CORRECT ANSWER The boundary between 2 sections of crust being dragged apart seismometer - CORRECT ANSWER instrument that measures vibrations in the earth collision boundary - CORRECT ANSWER 2 continental crusts crashing into each other conservative boundary - CORRECT ANSWER 2 sections of crust sliding past ...

A-Level Geography – Tectonics Exam Review 2023 (EQ1) What is the global distribution of earthquakes? - Answer-Most earthquakes = near tectonic plate boundaries - clusters of foreshocks, main quakes + aftershocks. ~70% earthquakes = 'Ring of Fire', Pacific Ocean. Most earthquakes --> destructive + conservative plates. (EQ1) What is the global distribution of volcanoes? - Answer-Most volcanoes = near a tectonic plate boundary. North + South America --> active volcano zones. So...