Tectonics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A complete document of all the specification listed case studies required for enquiry questions 1, 2, 3 of 'Tectonic Processes and hazards', Topic 1 of Unit 1 in A level Geography (Edexcel). Put together by an A* student. Includes the following case studies: Asian tsunami 2004, 2011 Tohoku tsunami, 2010 EFJ eruption, 1991 Mt Pinatubo eruption, 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2010 Haiti earthquake, Philippines multiple hazard zone

ESS 101 INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY - University of Washington _ Laboratory 2: Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle. Quiz. Score 15 out of 15. Spring 2023.

This document contains notes on the topic of Plate margins and plate tectonics that will be useful when studying Geography in KS3 or GCSE. The information has been gathered and paraphrased from various articles, textbooks, and lectures.

CSUF GEOL 310T-09 Henderson Plate Tectonics 100% Solved seafloor spreading The formation of new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth's mantle to the surface. Alfred Wegener A German scientist who proposed the theroy of continental drift Gondwanaland The continents of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica when all the continents were a single landmass. Mantle The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. Made of olivine a...

Antonio Snider Pellegrini Correct Answer The man to create the explanations of why the continents look like they can fit together In 1985 he published a book that describes rapid catastrophic split of continents during Noah's Flood Alfred Wegener Correct Answer The man that proposed the idea that we call "continental drift" Continental drift Correct Answer A slow/gradual break up of a single super continent called Pangaea Wegener's 6 Lines of Evidence Correct Answer 1) Fit of the C...

Extremely detailed revision notes including every single thing named on the specification for the Tectonic processes and hazards topic. I achieved an A* using these notes in A Level Edexcel Geography in 2022.

Conservative plate boundary - Answer where two tectonic plates slide past each other convergent plate boundary - Answer plates move towards each other and collide Divergent plate boundary - Answer Plates move away from each other Alfred Wegener 1912 - Answer All continents were once joined in a super continent called Pangea. Continental drift caused Pangea to move apart Holmes 1929 - Answer Convection in the mantle is the force behind continental drift oceanographic vessels 1...

Completed revision notes that go by the A-Level Geography specification for CCEA

MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions Theory of Plate Tectonics - ANSWER-A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time - explains the process of continental drift - theory is a fusion on the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreadi...

Geology Exam 1(Reviewing plate tectonics, plate boundaries, volcanoes, and igneous rocks)Already Graded A+