natural hazards

• Landslides are the downward movement of a mass of soil, rock, or debris.
• Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are the result of physical processes.
• Plate tectonics theory.
• Global distribution of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and their relationship to plate margins.
• Physical processes taking place at different types of plate margin (constructive, destructive and conservative) that lead to earthquakes and volcanic activity.
• The effects of, and responses to, a tectonic hazard vary between areas of contrasting levels of wealth.
• Primary and secondary effects of a tectonic hazard.
• Immediate and long-term responses to a tectonic hazard.
• Use named examples to show how the effects and responses to a tectonic hazard vary between two areas of contrasting levels of wealth.
• Management can reduce the effects of a tectonic hazard.
• Reasons why people continue to live in areas at risk from a tectonic hazard.
• How monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the risks from a tectonic hazard.