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Hazardous Environments
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- 1What are Tectonic hazards? examples?Volcanoes and Earthquakes, caused by movement of the earth's tectonic plates. Earthquakes and volcanoes can also result in tsunamis and landslides.
- 2What are tectonic plates?Large sections of the Earth/s crust which float on the magma of the core, moved by convectional currents. These movements cause tectonic hazards.
- 3Climatic Hazards? Example? What are they?Storms, floods, drought. Hazards that are caused by the weather and climate.
- 4Describe a constructive plate boundary.When two plates (usually both oceanic) move away from each other, exposing the mantle underneath. As it cools a new crust forms.
- 5What can be found at a constructive plate boundary?New islands/ridges e.g. North Atlantic Ridge. Gentle Volcanoes and Earthquakes present.
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- Goes through the topic of Hazardous environments for Edexcel IGCSE syllabus with most of the stuff you need to know.
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