Plate Tectonics: Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Categories: Geography, Key Stage 3
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About Course

A Key Stage 3 geography course on plate tectonics: the structure of the Earth, the evidence for moving plates, what happens at different plate boundaries, how earthquakes and volcanoes form, and how people live with and reduce tectonic hazards.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Describe the layers of the Earth and what tectonic plates are Explain the evidence that continents move Describe and explain what happens at constructive, destructive, collision and conservative boundaries Explain why people live near tectonic hazards and how risks can be reduced

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Inside the Earth and moving plates
  • What happens at plate boundaries
  • Earthquakes and volcanoes up close
  • Living with tectonic hazards

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