IGCSE Geography – Tectonic Hazards Unit | Complete Teaching and Learning Resource

IGCSE Geography – Tectonic Hazards | Complete Teaching and Learning Resource
A complete IGCSE Geography Tectonic Hazards unit covering the full topic, including content, student tasks, video links, exam practice, map work and case studies.

Topics Included:

The Earths structure
How earthquakes show us the inside of the Earth
Continental drift
Alfred Wegener the theory of continental drift.
Convection currents
The Pacific Ring of Fire
Continental vs oceanic crust
The different type of plate boundaries and real world examples
The processes and features of volcanoes and earthquakes
Types of plate boundary & real world examples
Convergent/destructive plate boundaries
Convergent/continental collision plate boundaries
Divergent/Constructive plate boundaries
The Mid Atlantic ridge as an example
Conservative or transform plate boundaries
The processes and features of volcanoes and earthquakes
Earthquake Hazards
Liquefaction Demonstration
Volcanic hazards
Hot Spots
Composite or stratovolcanos
Shield volcanoes
Cinder cone volcanoes
Pyroclastic flows
Volcanic Lahars
Why do people continue to live near volcanic hazards?
Why do people continue to live in earthquake-prone areas?
Geothermal Power
How the magnitude of a tectonic event is measured
Richter scale
The Moment Magnitude Scale
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale Explained
Exam past paper practice questions
Managing tectonic hazards (Prediction, Protection, Planning)

Specific earthquake and volcano case studies

End of Unit- Self-Evaluation Checklist Tectonic Hazards