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

Target Level
C
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Attempt
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Organise the items below into their correct category.

Destructive
Constructive
Transform (conservative)

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

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

Pass Mark
70%