GCSE Tectonics

Geography Summary!

The Plate Boundaries:

Destuctive






Constructive






Conservative






You should know about a collision plate boundary, but you only need to know that they are two pieces
of continental crust moving towards each other which get forced upwards fold mountains and
earthquakes e.g. Himalayan mountain range

Earthquakes are found in…

There are some on the West coast of North and South America as well as the Mediterranean sea,
centred Italy.

A volcano is a crack/fissure in the crust of the Earth, through which molten rock (lava) and volcanic
gases can escape from during an eruption. However, there is more than…

Volcanic gases Gases such as F2, H2S, water vapour, CO2 etc,
can leak from a volcano and some are harmful.
Tephra The generic name for all volcanic rock,
regardless of size. This can be 0.0002mm to 1m
in diameter. Larger tephra can be described as a
volcanic bomb.
Landslide A…