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EQ1: Why are some locations more at risk from tectonic hazards? Categorise

Target Level
C
Running Total
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Attempt
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Click on an item, then click on a category to place it. Or, drag and drop the item into the correct category. Organise all items before clicking 'Check'.

Destructive
Constructive
Transform (conservative)

The Pacific Ring of Fire, for example
Magma wells up to fill the gap – pillow lava under the ocean
Two plates collide
Earthquakes, no volcanoes
Two plates move apart
Powerful earthquakes as the crust sticks and pressure builds
Runny lava means that volcanoes are effusive rather than explosive
New land is created
Fault lines – such as the San Andreas Fault
Land is destroyed
Rift valleys on land
Most earthquakes are fairly gentle
The denser oceanic plate is subducted and melts
Plates move in opposite directions, or at different speeds
Explosive volcanoes with sticky lava

This is your 1st attempt! You get 3 marks for each one you get right first time. Good luck!

Pass Mark
70%