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A-Level Geography – Tectonics Exam Review 2023
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A-Level Geography – Tectonics 
Exam Review 2023 
(EQ1) What is the global distribution of earthquakes? - Answer-Most earthquakes = 
near tectonic plate boundaries - clusters of foreshocks, main quakes + aftershocks. 
~70% earthquakes = 'Ring of Fire', Pacific Ocean. Most earthquakes --> destructive + 
conservative plates. 
(EQ1) What is the global distribution of volcanoes? - Answer-Most volcanoes = near a 
tectonic plate boundary. North + South America --> active volcano zones. So...
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ERSC 181 Geology EXAM 2 (American Public University)
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Part 1 of 2 - 48.0/ 52.0 Points 
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Which type of boundaries involve crust being neither created nor destroyed and shearing 
motion? 
 
A. divergent boundaries 
 
B. transform boundaries 
 
C. convergent boundaries 
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Continent to continent convergent boundaries are commonly associated with which landforms? 
 
A. broad mountain range, folds 
 
B. volcanic arc, forearc basin 
 
C. oceani...
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Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 1 Case Studies
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This document provides key facts and explanations around key case studies that will be very helpful for exam revision and further in depth knowledge. These slides provide you with case studies from topics Tectonics, Coasts, Carbon and Water from the 2016 geography Edexcel course.
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Principles of Environmental Sciences Week 2 Exam
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This is the Exam students receive during their second week of Principles of Environmental Science (ENV/100T). It covers everything from the Earth's spheres, the nitrogen cycle, the water cycle, rock weathering, plate tectonics, carbon dioxide, etc. There are 2o questions in the exam and all questions are answered correctly.
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Plate margins and plate tectonics
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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.
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ESS 101 INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY - University of Washington _ Laboratory 2: Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle. Quiz. Score 15 out of 15. Spring 2023.
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ESS 101 INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY - University of Washington _ Laboratory 2: Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle. Quiz. Score 15 out of 15. Spring 2023.
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CSUF GEOL 310T-09 Henderson Plate Tectonics 100% Solved
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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...
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PHSC 210 Plate Tectonics Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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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...
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Tectonics A Level Geography Edexcel Pro Final Exam Fully Solved 2024.
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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...
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5.2 Plate Tectonics - AQA A Level Geography Comprehensive And Actual Answers 2024.
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Outline the structure of the core. - Answer The core is made up of dense rocks containing iron and nickel alloys. It is divided into the solid inner core and the molten outer core, which has a temperature of over 5000C. This heat is produced due to two processes: primordial heat left over from the Earth's formation and radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes. 
 
Outline the structure of the mantle. - Answer The mantle is made up of molten and semi-molten rocks contai...
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