Plate Margins Flashcards

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Draw a diagram to show the main features of a constructive plate margin.
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An image of a constructive plate margin

A constructive plate margin

Draw a diagram to show the main features of a constructive plate margin.
What factors affect hazard risk?
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Factors include:

  • An increase in the number of people vulnerable to the natural hazard (e.g. population growth & increased population density close to hazard-prone areas)
  • An increase in the frequency and magnitude of the natural hazard
  • A decrease in the number of people capable of coping with the natural hazard
What factors affect hazard risk?
What is a natural hazard?
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A natural hazard is a natural event such as an earthquake, volcanic eruption, tropical storm or flood that has the potential to cause death and damage.

What is a natural hazard?
Give an example of a location where volcanoes occur at a volcanic hot spot.
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Hawaii, Yellowstone and The Deccan Traps.
Give an example of a location where volcanoes occur at a volcanic hot spot.
Identify the three types of plate margin.
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Constructive, conservative and destructive.
Identify the three types of plate margin.




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