Tectonic hazards

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  • What are the two tectonic hazards?
    Volcanoes and earthquakes
  • How do tectonic plates move?
    Ridge push and slab pull
  • What is ridge push?
    When plates are moving away from each other at a constructive plate margin, magma pushes up through the gap, creating a ridge that solidifies into rock
  • What is slab push?
    When one plate is subducted under another plate at a destructive plate boundary, underneath the plate in the subduction zone, increased pressure causes the plate the fall quickly and cause earthquakes and volcanoes