GCSE Geography - Tectonics Revision

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  • Created on: 25-09-21 13:50
An extreme event caused by tectonic movement
Tectonic Hazard
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One type of crust - dense & thin
Oceanic
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One type of crust - less dense & thick
Continental
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What happens to the oceanic plate at a destructive margin
Subduction
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The type of mountain formed at conservative margins
Fold Mountains
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The city in which the 2009 Italian earthquake took place
LAquila
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A zone of volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain-building encircling the Pacific Ocean formed where plates collide
Ring of Fire
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The sensitive scientific instrument measures the power of an earthquake
Seismometer
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The point on the surface above the focus of an earthquake
Epicentre
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Name of the 'sliding' plate boundary
Conservative
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Name of the plate boundary that forms shield volcanoes
Constructive
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The capital city of Nepal
Kathmandu
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One type of crust - dense & thin

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Oceanic

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One type of crust - less dense & thick

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What happens to the oceanic plate at a destructive margin

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The type of mountain formed at conservative margins

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