Causes of a Natural Hazard
Subjects / Geography / Hazards and Tectonics
This title explores the structure of the earth and what is below the surface. We break down the earth into the three layers of core, mantle and crust to explore what is within. The surface of the earth is not one solid mass; it is broken up into pieces known as 'plates'. It is at the edges of these plates that we get the most activity and some interesting geographical features. The edges of the plates are known as plate boundaries, or margins, and we will examine the four main types of plate margins. This title also explores the natural hazards commonly found at each type of plate margin, such as earthquakes and volcanoes.
| Author: | Nicola Gill | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Stuart Blackburn | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-065-3 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-565-8 |
Chapters
- The Structure of the Earth
- Constructive and Conservative Plate Margins
- Destructive and Collision Plate Margins
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- Convergent, divergent and conservative boundaries; cross-section diagrams of the boundaries to show main features
- how movement leads to earthquakes and volcanoes
- The impact of human activities such as deforestation
- The impact of human activities such as grazing
- The impact of human activities such as urbanisation
- The severity, frequency and duration of tectonic, atmospheric and terrestrial hazards, long term hazards such as global warming
- The severity, frequency and duration of tectonic, atmospheric and terrestrial hazards, medium term local hazards such as forest fire
- The severity, frequency and duration of tectonic, atmospheric and terrestrial hazards, short term local hazards, such as fog
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