The Challenge of Natural HazardsVery High Exam FrequencyAQA

Tectonic Hazards

Revise Tectonic Hazards in The Challenge of Natural Hazards for GCSE Geography with 14 exam-style questions and 24 flashcards. This is a very high-frequency exam topic, so it is worth revising until the core ideas feel automatic.

Sample Flashcards

What is a plate margin?
The boundary where two tectonic plates meet.
How does an earthquake happen?
Pressure builds up along a fault and is suddenly released, sending out shock waves.

Sample Questions

At which type of plate margin do two plates move towards each other, causing one to be forced beneath the other?

  • A. Constructive margin
  • B. Conservative margin
  • C. Destructive margin
  • D. Transform margin
1 markfoundation

Explain why the 2010 Chile earthquake caused far fewer deaths than the 2015 Nepal earthquake, even though Chile's earthquake was more powerful.

3 marksstandard

14

exam-style questions

24

revision flashcards

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