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EQ1: Why are some locations more at risk from tectonic hazards? Categorise
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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)
Two plates move apart
Two plates collide
The Pacific Ring of Fire, for example
Rift valleys on land
The denser oceanic plate is subducted and melts
Powerful earthquakes as the crust sticks and pressure builds
Most earthquakes are fairly gentle
Plates move in opposite directions, or at different speeds
Land is destroyed
Magma wells up to fill the gap – pillow lava under the ocean
Fault lines – such as the San Andreas Fault
New land is created
Earthquakes, no volcanoes
Explosive volcanoes with sticky lava
Runny lava means that volcanoes are effusive rather than explosive